Photo: Nyttend · Public domainIn Sheridan, the kinds of crime the grade counts rose 249% per resident from 2023 to 2025
On property crime it beats 81% of U.S. towns; on violent crime, only 31%. Typical years here bring 2.7 violent crimes plus 4.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 4.3 plus 19.1 in the rest of Indiana. Weighing it all, Sheridan earns B for safety (#43 of 91 graded towns in Indiana), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IN” is every other Indiana city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Sheridan
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Sheridan’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Sheridan’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sheridan property | Rest of Indiana property | Sheridan violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 23.2 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 22.2 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 15.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sheridan | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sheridan’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Sheridan per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
45 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
23 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by Sheridan’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Sheridan’s roads in 2019–2023
Sheridan had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died.
That is more than is typical for Indiana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Sheridan’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sheridan’s own rate (43.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Sheridan and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan | B | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| Westfield Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Westfield Washington Township, Jackson Township, Marion Township and Jefferson Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan | B | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| Cicero | A | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Gas City | A− | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| Whiteland | A− | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| Mount Vernon | B− | 2.7 | 9.6 |
| Linton | C+ | 1.9 | 17.1 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Sheridan’s population (5,746), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Sheridan. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Sheridan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,588 in 2025); our figure for Sheridan is 5,746 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Sheridan
Is Sheridan, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sheridan reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #43 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 2.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Sheridan?
2.7 violent and 4.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 19.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Sheridan?
Sheridan’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sheridan”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.