Photo: Huwmanbeing (original), Yassie (jpeg conversion) · Public domainTerre Haute has more crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
The local count comes to 5.1 violent crimes and 35.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.3 and 18.9 in the rest of Indiana. Counting crimes Terre Haute’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #86 of 91 graded towns in Indiana. Still, the rate the grade counts dropped 30% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 89% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 94%.
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 Terre Haute
A college town
Terre Haute is home to Indiana State University, with 5,969 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 16% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Terre Haute’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Terre Haute property | Rest of Indiana property | Terre Haute violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47.4 | 22.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 42.6 | 21.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 34.3 | 20.0 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 28.5 | 14.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
Crime in Terre Haute 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Terre Haute | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Terre Haute’s police reported 898 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
1,949 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.
277 violent and 1,672 property, as reported to the FBI by Terre Haute’s police.
26 people died in crashes on Terre Haute’s roads in 2019–2023
Terre Haute had 24 fatal crashes in five years, in which 26 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Indiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (8.1, 86 towns).
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.
Terre Haute and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute | D | 5.1 | 35.1 |
| Sugar Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — |
| North Terre Haute | — | — | — |
| Honey Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Lost Creek Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sugar Creek Township, Harrison Township, Honey Creek Township and Lost Creek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. North Terre Haute is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terre Haute | D | 5.1 | 35.1 |
| Columbus | A | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| Westfield | A− | 0.6 | 6.3 |
| Kokomo | C− | 5.0 | 14.4 |
| Anderson | C− | 4.1 | 23.5 |
| Muncie | D | 5.1 | 21.8 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Terre Haute’s population (58,764), 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 Terre Haute. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Terre Haute’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (58,565 in 2025); our figure for Terre Haute is 58,764 (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 Terre Haute
Is Terre Haute, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Terre Haute reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #86 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 5.1 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 Terre Haute?
5.1 violent and 35.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 18.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Terre Haute in 2025?
Terre Haute’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Terre Haute?
Terre Haute’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Terre Haute”. 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.