CrimeMetric

Crime in Franklin, Indiana

Major crime in Franklin is 62% below the U.S. rate per resident: 71% lower for persons crimes and 61% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 21.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
38
62% below the U.S. rate
50% below the Indiana rate
down 21.9% in a year
Persons crimes
29
71% below the U.S. rate
66% below the Indiana rate
about flat in a year
Property crimes
40
61% below the U.S. rate
46% below the Indiana rate
down 24.6% in a year
Social disorder
106
6% above the U.S. rate
28% above the Indiana rate
down 6.8% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 2.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Franklin for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Franklin

The middle half of Franklin residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 19 and 49; the typical (median) resident's is 28. The citywide figure (38) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Franklin, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5077.6%
  • 50–10020.2%
  • 100–2002.3%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm47
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am29
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm39
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am27
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 21.9% in a year; across Indiana it fell 9.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-21.9%IN -9.8%-10.0%IN -11.6%
Persons crimes-0.4%IN -6.2%+2.4%IN -1.2%
Property crimes-24.6%IN -10.7%-12.0%IN -14.2%
Social disorder-6.8%IN -5.5%-4.8%IN -5.2%

Change in expected crimes, with Indiana as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Franklin against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

835 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Franklin; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Central, LA30,009349
Massillon, OH30,011111
Fremont, NE29,96891
Liberty, MO30,01061
Crofton, MD29,93150
Daphne, AL29,83642
Melrose, MA29,82939
Franklin, IN29,95038
Ramsey, MN30,02626

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Franklin has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Whiteland (4 mi), is 22% below Franklin's rate.

Indianapolis21 mi189
Greenwood8 mi84
Franklin38
Edinburgh11 mi33
Whiteland4 mi29

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Franklin

What are the most common crimes in Franklin?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 117 a year), shoplifting (about 23 a year) and aggravated assault (about 16 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 2.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Franklin's figures add up its 16 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Franklin has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 20.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 29,950. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Franklin, Indiana." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/in/franklin

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100