CrimeMetric

Crime in Monticello, Indiana

Major crime in Monticello is 77% below the U.S. rate per resident: 70% lower for persons crimes and 79% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
23
77% below the U.S. rate
69% below the Indiana rate
down 7.9% in a year
Persons crimes
30
70% below the U.S. rate
64% below the Indiana rate
down 5.0% in a year
Property crimes
22
79% below the U.S. rate
70% below the Indiana rate
down 8.8% in a year
Social disorder
47
53% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Indiana rate
down 7.3% 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 24% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Monticello 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 Monticello

The middle half of Monticello residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 7 and 32; the typical (median) resident's is 25.

Map of Monticello, 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.
  • 0–5091.9%
  • 50–1008.1%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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 in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm24
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am22
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm24
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am22
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across Indiana it fell 9.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.9%IN -9.8%-10.5%IN -11.6%
Persons crimes-5.0%IN -6.2%+0.7%IN -1.2%
Property crimes-8.8%IN -10.7%-13.9%IN -14.2%
Social disorder-7.3%IN -5.5%-8.8%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

Monticello against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

2,069 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Monticello; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Monticello has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Logansport (21 mi), is 2.4 times Monticello's rate.

Lafayette24 mi110
Peru36 mi56
Logansport21 mi56
Frankfort34 mi47
Rensselaer24 mi26
Fowler30 mi24
Monticello23
Rochester36 mi21

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

Questions about crime in Monticello

What are the most common crimes in Monticello?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 6 a year), shoplifting (about 6 a year) and aggravated assault (about 4 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 24% above 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. Monticello's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Monticello 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: 5,364. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100