CrimeMetric

Crime in Syracuse, Indiana

Major crime in Syracuse is 56% below the U.S. rate per resident: 43% lower for persons crimes and 59% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 6.9% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
44
56% below the U.S. rate
41% below the Indiana rate
down 6.9% in a year
Persons crimes
57
43% below the U.S. rate
32% below the Indiana rate
down 3.8% in a year
Property crimes
42
59% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Indiana rate
down 7.8% in a year
Social disorder
73
27% below the U.S. rate
12% below the Indiana rate
down 5.7% 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 30% above the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Syracuse

Syracuse is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 36; the middle half of residents live where it is between 33 and 36.

Map of Syracuse, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5078.4%
  • 50–10021.6%
  • 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

About the same at every time of week

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm45
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am44
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm44
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am45
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 6.9% in a year; across Indiana it fell 9.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-6.9%IN -9.8%-13.1%IN -11.6%
Persons crimes-3.8%IN -6.2%-1.1%IN -1.2%
Property crimes-7.8%IN -10.7%-16.7%IN -14.2%
Social disorder-5.7%IN -5.5%-8.2%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

Syracuse against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,151 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Syracuse; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Ashland, AL2,973101
Syracuse, IN2,97044
Lodi, OH2,97038
Butler, IN2,97126
Pawnee, IL2,97326

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

Nearby places

Syracuse 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, Ligonier (8 mi), is 16% below Syracuse's rate.

Dunlap17 mi146
Elkhart21 mi134
Goshen12 mi112
Warsaw14 mi98
Syracuse44
Ligonier8 mi37

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

Questions about crime in Syracuse

What are the most common crimes in Syracuse?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 11 a year), aggravated assault (about 4 a year) and shoplifting (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 30% 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. Syracuse's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Syracuse 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: 2,970. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100