CrimeMetric

Crime in Highland, Indiana

Major crime in Highland is 25% below the U.S. rate per resident: 59% lower for persons crimes and 18% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
75
25% below the U.S. rate
about the Indiana rate
down 7.2% in a year
Persons crimes
41
59% below the U.S. rate
51% below the Indiana rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
82
18% below the U.S. rate
13% above the Indiana rate
down 7.5% in a year
Social disorder
34
66% below the U.S. rate
59% below the Indiana rate
down 6.0% 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

Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.0 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Highland 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 Highland

The middle half of Highland residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 22 and 112; the typical (median) resident's is 41. The citywide figure (75) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Highland, 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. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5055.1%
  • 50–10014.7%
  • 100–20024.2%
  • 200–4006.0%
  • 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 in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm94
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am52
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm94
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am51
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.2% in a year; across Indiana it fell 9.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.2%IN -9.8%-16.6%IN -11.6%
Persons crimes-4.4%IN -6.2%-5.8%IN -1.2%
Property crimes-7.5%IN -10.7%-17.8%IN -14.2%
Social disorder-6.0%IN -5.5%-9.9%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

Highland against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

1,029 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Highland; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Watertown, NY23,274268
Mebane, NC23,301150
Highland, IN23,29075
McNair, VA23,30365
Buckhall, VA23,27846

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

Nearby places

Highland has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Griffith (2 mi), is 32% below Highland's rate.

Gary6 mi214
Hammond4 mi168
Highland75
Munster2 mi52
Griffith2 mi51

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

Questions about crime in Highland

What are the most common crimes in Highland?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 151 a year), other larceny (about 69 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 31 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.0 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. Highland's figures add up its 20 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Highland has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 23,290. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100