CrimeMetric

Crime in Washington, Indiana

Major crime in Washington is 66% below the U.S. rate per resident: 44% lower for persons crimes and 71% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
34
66% below the U.S. rate
54% below the Indiana rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
57
44% below the U.S. rate
33% below the Indiana rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
30
71% below the U.S. rate
59% below the Indiana rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
63
37% below the U.S. rate
23% below the Indiana rate
down 6.3% 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 28% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Washington 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 Washington

The middle half of Washington residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 16 and 54; the typical (median) resident's is 29. The citywide figure (34) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Washington, 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.
  • 0–5074.1%
  • 50–10025.9%
  • 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

Lowest on weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm35
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am32
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm36
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am36
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Indiana it fell 9.8%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%IN -9.8%-5.4%IN -11.6%
Persons crimes-4.4%IN -6.2%+6.3%IN -1.2%
Property crimes-8.7%IN -10.7%-10.4%IN -14.2%
Social disorder-6.3%IN -5.5%-1.7%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

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

1,873 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Washington; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Bemidji, MN14,272344
Rio Linda, CA14,275100
Halawa, HI14,24353
Washington, IN14,26234
Dunmore, PA14,27634

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

Nearby places

Washington 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, Bicknell (11 mi), is about Washington's rate.

Vincennes19 mi109
Linton26 mi54
Bicknell11 mi35
Washington34
Sullivan33 mi33
Loogootee14 mi30
Bloomfield28 mi17

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

Questions about crime in Washington

What are the most common crimes in Washington?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 36 a year), aggravated assault (about 19 a year) and shoplifting (about 10 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 28% 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. Washington's figures add up its 13 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Washington 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: 14,262. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100