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Safety in Indianapolis

Indianapolis ranks #89 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 34 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 34th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Indiana.

safety score
34
Some Fun
National rank
#89 of 134
In Indiana
#2 of 2
Percentile
34th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Indianapolis sits 16 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Indianapolis

  1. T#87 Austin, TX 35
  2. T#87 Corpus Christi, TX 35
  3. #89 Indianapolis, IN — this page 34
  4. #90 Dallas, TX 33
  5. T#91 Colorado Springs, CO 32

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Indianapolis

Indianapolis scores 48 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: