What is the crime rate in Shelbyville, IN?

In 2025, the Shelbyville Police Department reported 51 violent crimes and 217 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 243 violent and 1,032 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,029 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: 243
Property per 100,000: 1,032
Violent crimes: 51
Property crimes: 217

Crime reported by the Shelbyville 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	39	193	208	1,030	20,198
2024	54	260	217	1,045	20,773
2025	51	243	217	1,032	21,029

Violent crimes reported went from 39 in 2023 to 51 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 208 in 2023 to 217 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.

Shelbyville against Indiana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Shelbyville	243	1,032
Shelby County	263	753
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.

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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