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Huntington, IN crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Huntington has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Huntington is 1 in 84. How does Huntington fare compared to other communities in Indiana of all population sizes? Huntington's crime rate is lower than approximately 29% of Indiana communities.

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

Now let us turn to take a look at how Huntington 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 Huntington.

For Huntington, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Huntington than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1419, which is a violent crime rate of 1 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 Huntington 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.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Huntington's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Huntington a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Huntington is one in 90.

Huntington Crime Data

total Crime Index

41

(100 is safest)


Safer than 41% of U.S. cities.

Huntington Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

12

190

202

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.70

11.16

11.87

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.7
3.06
National Median: 4
    Huntington
    Indiana

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,419

in Huntington

1 in 327

in Indiana

Huntington Violent Crimes

Population: 17,023
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 4 2 2 4
Rate per 1,000 0.23 0.12 0.12 0.23

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
11.16
15.44
National Median: 20
    Huntington
    Indiana

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 90

in Huntington

1 in 65

in Indiana

Property Crimes

Population: 17,023
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 17 167 6
Rate per 1,000 1.00 9.81 0.35

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Huntington Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
23
20
National Median: 27.0
    Huntington
    Indiana