Crime rates for Fort Wayne, IN

The crime rate in Fort Wayne is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 56 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fort Wayne is 1 in 18. Based on FBI crime data, Fort Wayne is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Indiana, Fort Wayne has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Fort Wayne has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Fort Wayne is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fort Wayne does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fort Wayne.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Fort Wayne occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Fort Wayne – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 313. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Fort Wayne experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fort Wayne is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fort Wayne, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 19, which is a rate of 53 per one thousand population.