What is the crime rate in Munster, IN?

In 2025, the Munster Police Department reported 17 violent crimes and 210 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 72 violent and 891 property crimes per 100,000 of the 23,571 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: 72
Property per 100,000: 891
Violent crimes: 17
Property crimes: 210

Crime reported by the Munster 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	17	72	234	993	23,554
2024	12	51	243	1,033	23,524
2025	17	72	210	891	23,571

Violent crimes reported went from 17 in 2023 to 17 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 234 in 2023 to 210 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.

Munster against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Munster	72	891
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 Munster, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Munster	—	72	891
Highland	2.4 mi	158	1,232
Lansing	2.5 mi	276	1,584
Dyer	3.4 mi	25	172
Calumet City	3.8 mi	225	1,899
Griffith	4.4 mi	155	819
Hammond	5.0 mi	589	2,483
Schererville	5.3 mi	74	939
Glenwood	5.6 mi	120	982

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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