Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhiting reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Whiting’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #71 of 91 graded towns in Indiana.
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 Whiting
Whiting reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Indiana towns on Whiting’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: East Chicago (D), Hammond (D). North Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
Whiting is home to Calumet College of Saint Joseph, with 481 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 3% 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 ↓
A job center
Whiting has 2,891 jobs based in town for 4,479 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 Whiting’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Whiting’s police reported 50 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Whiting | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Whiting property | Rest of Indiana property | Whiting violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.6 | 23.2 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 16.5 | 20.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
94 crimes reported in 2025
15 violent and 79 property, as reported to the FBI by Whiting’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
One person died in crashes on Whiting’s roads in 2019–2023
Whiting had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what 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 Whiting’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Whiting’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Whiting and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| North Township | — | — | — |
| Hammond | D | 6.6 | 29.8 |
| East Chicago | D | 7.3 | 17.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting | C− | 3.7 | 18.3 |
| Winona Lake | A | 0.9 | 2.7 |
| Pittsboro | A− | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| Lawrenceburg | A− | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Austin | B | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| Linton | C+ | 1.9 | 17.1 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Whiting’s population (4,479), by grade.
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 Whiting. 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 Whiting’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,472 in 2025); our figure for Whiting is 4,479 (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 Whiting
Is Whiting, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Whiting reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #71 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 3.7 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 Whiting?
3.7 violent and 18.3 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 crime going up or down in Whiting?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Whiting safer than Hammond?
Hammond reports more crime per resident than Whiting: Hammond grades D for safety and Whiting C−. Hammond’s police reported 6.6 violent and 29.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Whiting?
Whiting’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Whiting”. 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.