Photo: Stickman42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Whiteland fell 61% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, it grades A− for safety (#25 of 91 graded towns in Indiana). Add to that, its police logs show 0.7 violent crime and 7.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Indiana the numbers are 4.3 and 19.1. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Whiteland
Whiteland reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Indiana towns on Whiteland’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Franklin (B), Greenwood (C+). New Whiteland reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. Neighbors ↓
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 Whiteland’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Whiteland property | Rest of Indiana property | Whiteland violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.7 | 23.2 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 22.2 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 20.3 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 4.3 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Whiteland | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Whiteland’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Whiteland 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 no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
25 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.
0 violent and 25 property, as reported to the FBI by Whiteland’s police.
One person died in crashes on Whiteland’s roads in 2019–2023
Whiteland had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Whiteland’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Whiteland’s own rate (3.9) 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.
Whiteland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteland | A− | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| New Whiteland | — | — | — |
| Franklin | B | 0.9 | 10.1 |
| Greenwood | C+ | 1.2 | 17.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Whiteland reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteland | A− | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| Cicero | A | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Gas City | A− | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| Huntingburg | B+ | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Sheridan | B | 2.7 | 4.7 |
| Mount Vernon | B− | 2.7 | 9.6 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Whiteland’s population (5,884), 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 Whiteland. 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 Whiteland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,752 in 2025); our figure for Whiteland is 5,884 (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 Whiteland
Is Whiteland, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Whiteland reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #25 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 0.7 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 Whiteland?
0.7 violent and 7.4 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.
Is Whiteland safer than Franklin?
Franklin reports more crime per resident than Whiteland: Franklin grades B for safety and Whiteland A−. Franklin’s police reported 0.9 violent and 10.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Whiteland?
Whiteland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Whiteland”. 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.