What is the crime rate in Charlestown, IN?

In 2024, the Charlestown Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 63 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 115 violent and 725 property crimes per 100,000 of the 8,685 residents it serves.

Across Indiana the rates were 349 and 1,506.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 115
Property per 100,000: 725
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 63

Crime reported by the Charlestown Police Department, 2023 to 2024

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	11	126	71	815	8,709
2024	10	115	63	725	8,685

Violent crimes reported went from 11 in 2023 to 10 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 71 in 2023 to 63 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Charlestown against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Charlestown	115	725
Clark County	230	1,617
Indiana	349	1,506
United States	363	1,767

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Charlestown, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Charlestown	—	115	725
Prospect	6.6 mi	0	657
Jeffersonville	6.9 mi	330	1,695
Clarksville	9.1 mi	214	3,864
Indian Hills	9.8 mi	0	1,698

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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