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Fort Wayne Crime Rate Report (Indiana)

Fort Wayne crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Fort Wayne for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Fort Wayne in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 16.12% and the city property crime rate in Fort Wayne was higher than the national property crime rate average by 20.52%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Fort Wayne was higher than the violent crime rate in Indiana by 8.05% and the city property crime rate in Fort Wayne was higher than the property crime rate in Indiana by 75.79%.

Property and Violent Crime
Fort Wayne Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Fort Wayne Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Fort Wayne Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault452
Arson41
Burglary494
Larceny and Theft4,133
Motor Vehicle Theft468
Murder and Manslaughter32
Rape135
Robbery138
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)6,018
Property Crime5,095
Violent Crime757
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault446
Arson46
Burglary238
Larceny and Theft3,946
Motor Vehicle Theft687
Murder and Manslaughter26
Rape126
Robbery85
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)5,794
Property Crime4,871
Violent Crime683

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Fort Wayne Property Crime

Fort Wayne Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Fort Wayne Crime 2025

Fort Wayne Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Fort Wayne Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Fort Wayne Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Fort Wayne, Indiana crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Fort Wayne crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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