Howard School · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhitestown sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Of the 2 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. What’s more, recorded violent crimes ran at 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 11.0, against 4.3 and 19.2 in the rest of Indiana. Its letter overall is B− (#48 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 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 Whitestown
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Indiana towns on Whitestown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Zionsville (A+), Lebanon (B−). Perry Township and Worth Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Whitestown has 16,180 jobs based in town for 15,767 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Whitestown’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Whitestown | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Whitestown’s police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Whitestown 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Whitestown property | Rest of Indiana property | Whitestown violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.2 | 23.2 | 1.3 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 22.2 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 13.1 | 20.3 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 9.1 | 15.0 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
169 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.
25 violent and 144 property, as reported to the FBI by Whitestown’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Whitestown’s roads in 2019–2023
Whitestown had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (5 of 6) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Whitestown’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Whitestown’s own rate (9.6) 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.
Whitestown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitestown | B− | 1.6 | 11.0 |
| Zionsville | A+ | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Perry Township | — | — | — |
| Worth Township | — | — | — |
| Lebanon | B− | 2.8 | 9.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Perry Township and Worth Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitestown | B− | 1.6 | 11.0 |
| Dyer | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Griffith | B | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| New Haven | B− | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| Vincennes | C | 1.1 | 24.6 |
| Warsaw | C− | 4.1 | 16.7 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Whitestown’s population (15,767), 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 Whitestown. 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 Whitestown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,864 in 2025); our figure for Whitestown is 15,767 (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 Whitestown
Is Whitestown, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Whitestown reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #48 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 1.6 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 Whitestown?
1.6 violent and 11.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 19.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Whitestown safer than Zionsville?
Zionsville reports less crime per resident than Whitestown: Zionsville grades A+ for safety and Whitestown B−. Zionsville’s police reported 0.3 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Whitestown?
Whitestown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Whitestown”. 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.