Safest Counties in Indiana: 20 Ranked (2026)
The 20 Indiana counties where police report enough to the FBI to build a reliable rate, ranked by violent crime, with home prices, asking rents and incomes where available.
Indiana has 92 counties. Twenty of them clear the reporting bar this page uses, and the gap between the quietest, Hamilton at 74 violent offenses per 100,000, and the busiest, Vanderburgh at 823, is 11 to one. What homes closed at over the last 12 months sits beside the rate where Resideline has enough sales to publish a median: 68,963 closing records tracked in the 18 counties that clear that bar.
The crime rates here are built from the 4,379,517 residents those police agencies actually report on, over the months they reported. Each figure is a single county-wide figure, so treat this as a way to narrow a search rather than a verdict on any street.
We do not treat missing or conflicting crime data as zero. A county appears here only when its reporting clears our reliability threshold, and we set aside results that conflict materially with the state's own records. Whether a county is ranked depends on its crime reporting alone; whether it shows a price depends on whether Resideline tracked enough closings there.
The ranking
| # | County | Violent per 100k | Property per 100k | Median closed price | Median asking rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton | 74 | 516 | $440,000 | $2,200 | $127,452 |
| 2 | Bartholomew | 74 | 939 | n/a | n/a | $81,019 |
| 3 | Grant | 81 | 818 | $159,000 | $900 | $52,314 |
| 4 | Johnson | 96 | 960 | $325,000 | $1,910 | $95,247 |
| 5 | Hendricks | 105 | 841 | $340,000 | $1,999 | $93,476 |
| 6 | Porter | 120 | 561 | $334,750 | $1,524 | $88,795 |
| 7 | Floyd | 178 | 1,066 | $279,900 | $1,300 | $76,310 |
| 8 | Madison | 210 | 984 | $195,000 | $1,099 | $60,842 |
| 9 | Tippecanoe | 211 | 1,162 | $305,000 | $1,449 | $68,036 |
| 10 | Allen | 220 | 1,493 | $269,962 | $1,310 | $70,889 |
| 11 | Monroe | 224 | 1,714 | $329,950 | $1,800 | $67,457 |
| 12 | Kosciusko | 238 | 657 | $282,900 | $1,200 | $77,464 |
| 13 | St. Joseph | 282 | 1,186 | $231,743 | $1,350 | $64,573 |
| 14 | Warrick | 283 | 579 | $300,000 | $1,800 | $82,097 |
| 15 | Delaware | 324 | 1,006 | $172,667 | $1,100 | $55,462 |
| 16 | Vigo | 347 | 2,396 | $165,000 | $975 | $57,173 |
| 17 | Howard | 376 | 981 | $184,900 | $1,050 | $67,297 |
| 18 | Lake | 377 | 1,383 | $265,210 | $1,500 | $73,228 |
| 19 | Marion | 728 | 2,720 | $239,200 | $1,577 | $67,368 |
| 20 | Vanderburgh | 823 | 2,182 | n/a | n/a | $63,717 |
A closer look at the 12 safest counties
1. Hamilton County
Police in Hamilton reported 74 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the lowest quarter of this list. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. The median home closed at $440,000, roughly 160 percent of the middle figure for these counties. Low crime and high prices arrive together here, which is the arrangement buyers assume is universal and is not. Median household income is $127,452, roughly 183 percent of the level across this list. Its property rate is also among the lowest here, 516 per 100,000, or 0.4 times the median comparable US county. For prices at street level, see Noblesville, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
2. Bartholomew County
Bartholomew's violent crime rate is 74 per 100,000 residents, the lowest quarter among the Indiana counties Resideline can measure. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. Median household income is $81,019, roughly 117 percent of the level across this list. Property offenses run at 939 per 100,000, in the middle of this list.
3. Grant County
Grant records 81 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, which places it in the lowest quarter of the Indiana counties measured here. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. Homes there closed at a median of $159,000, about 58 percent of the median across this list. The same county is in the lowest quarter for both crime and price, which is rarer than the ranking makes it look. A typical home costs 3.0 years of the median household's income, the low end of this list. Its property rate is also among the lowest here, 818 per 100,000, or 0.7 times the median comparable US county. Resideline publishes a separate page for Marion, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
4. Johnson County
Police in Johnson reported 96 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the lowest quarter of this list. That is below the median comparable US county, which records 245. The median home closed at $325,000, roughly 118 percent of the middle figure for these counties. Households there earn a median of $95,247, about 137 percent of the median for these counties. Property offenses run at 960 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. The median rental listing asks $1,910 a month. For prices at street level, see Greenwood, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
5. Hendricks County
At 105 violent offenses per 100,000, Hendricks sits in the lowest quarter of the places on this list. That is below the median comparable US county, which records 245. A median closing price of $340,000 puts it at roughly 124 percent of the middle figure for this list. That combination, among the safest counties here and among the most expensive, is what most buyers are picturing when they pay a premium for a quiet address. Median household income is $93,476, roughly 135 percent of the level across this list. At $1,999 a month in asking rent, the gross return here is in the top quarter of the counties measured. Resideline publishes a separate page for Danville, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
6. Porter County
Porter's violent crime rate is 120 per 100,000 residents, the middle range among the Indiana counties Resideline can measure. The median comparable US county records 245, so it is quieter than most of the country too. Homes changed hands at a median $334,750, around 122 percent of what the rest of this list recorded. Buying there takes 3.8 times the median household income, a heavier lift than most of this list. Property crime is low, at 561 per 100,000, the bottom quarter of this list and 0.5 times the median comparable US county. Asking rents run about $1,524 a month. For prices at street level, see Valparaiso, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
7. Floyd County
Floyd records 178 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, which places it in the middle range of the Indiana counties measured here. That is below the median comparable US county, which records 245. The median closed price, $279,900, sits near the center of the counties measured. Property offenses run at 1,066 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. The median rental listing asks $1,300 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for New Albany, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
8. Madison County
Police in Madison reported 210 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the middle range of this list. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. Homes there closed at a median of $195,000, about 71 percent of the median across this list. Local incomes go further here than almost anywhere else on this list, with homes at 3.2 times median household income. Property offenses run at 984 per 100,000, in the middle of this list. The median rental listing asks $1,099 a month. For prices at street level, see Anderson, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
9. Tippecanoe County
At 211 violent offenses per 100,000, Tippecanoe sits in the middle range of the places on this list. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. The median closed price, $305,000, sits near the center of the counties measured. A typical home costs 4.5 years of the median household's income, near the top of this list. Its property rate, 1,162 per 100,000, sits in the middle of these counties. Asking rents run about $1,449 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for Lafayette, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
10. Allen County
Police in Allen reported 220 violent offenses per 100,000 people, putting it in the middle range of this list. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. At $269,962, its median closed price is unremarkable against the rest of this list. A typical home costs 3.8 years of the median household's income, near the top of this list. Property crime is the higher of its two figures at 1,493 per 100,000, the top quarter of this list and 1.3 times the median comparable US county. The median rental listing asks $1,310 a month. For prices at street level, see New Haven, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
11. Monroe County
At 224 violent offenses per 100,000, Monroe sits in the middle range of the places on this list. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. Homes there closed at a median of $329,950, about 120 percent of the median across this list. Measured against local pay it is one of the harder counties on this list to buy into, at 4.9 times median household income. Property crime is the higher of its two figures at 1,714 per 100,000, the top quarter of this list and 1.4 times the median comparable US county. Asking rents run about $1,800 a month. Resideline publishes a separate page for Bloomington, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
12. Kosciusko County
Kosciusko's violent crime rate is 238 per 100,000 residents, the middle range among the Indiana counties Resideline can measure. That is close to the median comparable US county, which records 245. At $282,900, its median closed price is unremarkable against the rest of this list. Its property rate is among the lowest here, 657 per 100,000, or 0.6 times the median comparable US county. Asking rents run about $1,200 a month. For prices at street level, see Warsaw, the market with the most tracked closings in this county's ZIP codes.
Does safety set the price in Indiana?
There is a gap here that income alone does not close. The safest third of these counties runs 81 percent above the highest-crime third on price, while earning only 39 percent more. Our national model needs density as well as income to explain gaps like this one, and this page does not test density, so treat the rest as unexplained rather than as a crime premium.
That matches what we found nationally: across 688 counties, once income and other county characteristics are controlled for, a crime rate stops predicting home prices. The full analysis is in our study of crime and home prices.
That is a county-level result. Within a county, research at the scale of a block or a neighborhood finds that violent crime does lower the value of the homes nearest to it, so use these figures to compare counties, not streets.
Where safety and affordability overlap in Indiana
Three of the 6 safest counties on this list also cost no more than the list's median once prices are set against local incomes: Hamilton (74 violent per 100,000, a home at 3.5 times median household income); Grant (81 violent per 100,000, a home at 3.0 times median household income); Johnson (96 violent per 100,000, a home at 3.4 times median household income). Against what households there earn, those are the counties where a low crime rate is not being charged for.
The counties we cannot rank
Larger Indiana places are missing from the table above. Every one with more than 150,000 residents is listed here with the reason.
- •Elkhart, with about 207,000 residents, reports 81 percent of its population through the FBI program, below the 90 percent we require.
How to read this list
These figures describe whole areas. A quiet town and a rough district an hour apart carry the same number here, so the ranking is a starting point for a search rather than a description of any particular street.
Prices and rents are as of September 9, 2026, from closings and rental listings Resideline tracks over the previous 12 months; a price is shown where at least 100 closings were tracked and a rent where at least 50 listings were. Rent figures are the median asking rent on listings, not lease figures. Crime is the 2025 FBI Crime Data Explorer release, measured for the whole county over the months each agency reported, and violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Household income is the Census SAIPE 2024 estimate of the county's median household income; population is the Census 2024 estimate. Where this page compares a rate with the median comparable US county, that figure (245 violent and 1188 property offenses per 100,000) is the median across the 874 US counties with at least 50,000 residents whose agencies reported on 90 percent or more of them for the year.
Sources and related pages
- •Crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency-level offense counts for 2025, aggregated by county over the months each agency reported.
- •Income: Census SAIPE 2024, county median household income.
- •Population: Census county population estimates, vintage 2024.
- •Prices and rents: Resideline's tracked closings and rental listings, 12 months to September 2026.
- •Related: Safest counties by state; Does crime actually lower home prices?; Indiana housing market; Safest counties in Illinois; Safest counties in Kentucky; Safest counties in Michigan; Safest counties in Ohio.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the safest county in Indiana?
Of the 20 Indiana counties measured here, Hamilton County records the lowest violent crime rate at 74 offenses per 100,000 residents, against 245 for the median comparable US county. Homes there closed at a median of $440,000 over the last 12 months.
Is this every county in Indiana?
No. It covers 20 of the state's 92 counties, the ones where police agencies report at least 90 percent of the population to the FBI, the area has at least 50,000 residents, and the resulting rate falls inside the sanity bounds we apply. Whether Resideline has enough sales there decides only whether a price is shown. The larger places that miss those bars are listed on the page with the reason.
Does a lower crime rate mean higher home prices?
Here the price gap is larger than the income gap, so income alone does not explain the raw difference. Comparing the safest third of these counties with the highest-crime third, the median closed price is 81 percent higher and household income 39 percent higher. Across 688 US counties we found that once income and other county characteristics are controlled for, a county's crime rate stops predicting its home prices. At the scale of a block, the research says violent crime does lower nearby values.
Is this crime rate for my neighborhood?
No. The FBI publishes these figures for whole counties, so every part of a county carries the same number here, from its densest district to its farmland. It is useful for narrowing a search and not a substitute for looking at a specific address.
Are these rents asking rents or lease rents?
They are the median asking rent on rental listings in the county over the last 12 months. That is what landlords advertised, a guide to the market rather than a lease figure.
About the author
Jeffrey Batista
Jeffrey Batista is the founder of Resideline, a real estate technology company building institutional grade valuation and investment analysis tools for real estate investors.
A software engineer with more than 10 years of experience, Jeffrey has worked across full stack development, infrastructure, data engineering, machine learning, and large scale systems. He left his engineering career to build Resideline full time.
Jeffrey is also a real estate investor with nearly a decade of hands on experience buying, renovating, managing, and analyzing residential properties. His experience on both sides of the industry, as an engineer and an investor, led him to build Resideline after seeing how fragmented and outdated many of the tools available to individual investors were.
Today, he leads the development of Resideline's proprietary data infrastructure, automated valuation models, rental analytics, and investment underwriting technology.