What is the crime rate in Elkhart, IN?

In 2025, the Elkhart Police Department reported 118 violent crimes and 236 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 220 violent and 440 property crimes per 100,000 of the 53,640 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: 220
Property per 100,000: 440
Violent crimes: 118
Property crimes: 236

Crime reported by the Elkhart 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	645	1,199	1,724	3,206	53,773
2024	124	232	328	615	53,357
2025	118	220	236	440	53,640

Violent crimes reported went from 645 in 2023 to 118 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,724 in 2023 to 236 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.

Elkhart against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elkhart	220	440
Elkhart County	159	775
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 Elkhart, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elkhart	—	220	440
Osceola	6.3 mi	115	1,037
Bristol	7.3 mi	277	2,656
Ontwa Township	8.4 mi	88	660
Mishawaka	11 mi	306	2,615
Goshen	11 mi	160	1,942

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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