What is the crime rate in East Chicago, IN?

In 2025, the East Chicago Police Department reported 147 violent crimes and 326 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 574 violent and 1,272 property crimes per 100,000 of the 25,626 residents it serves.

Across Indiana the rates were 300 and 1,249.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 574
Property per 100,000: 1,272
Violent crimes: 147
Property crimes: 326

Crime reported by the East Chicago Police Department, 2023 to 2025

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	208	807	582	2,257	25,784
2024	212	826	416	1,621	25,662
2025	147	574	326	1,272	25,626

Violent crimes reported went from 208 in 2023 to 147 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 582 in 2023 to 326 in 2025.

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

East Chicago against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
East Chicago	574	1,272
Lake County	378	1,383
Indiana	300	1,249
United States	330	1,552

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 East Chicago, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
East Chicago	—	574	1,272
Whiting	2.4 mi	335	1,767
Hammond	3.0 mi	589	2,483
Burnham	4.8 mi	231	1,260
Calumet City	5.7 mi	225	1,899
Gary	6.8 mi	1,393	3,078
Highland	7.0 mi	158	1,232
Munster	7.5 mi	72	891
Lansing	7.5 mi	276	1,584

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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