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South Bend Crime Rate Report (Indiana)

South Bend crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Bend for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for South Bend in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 38.2% and the city property crime rate in South Bend was lower than the national property crime rate average by 33.4%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in South Bend was higher than the violent crime rate in Indiana by 78.01% and the city property crime rate in South Bend was lower than the property crime rate in Indiana by 2.86%.

Property and Violent Crime
South Bend Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
South Bend Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

South Bend Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault407
Arson16
Burglary121
Larceny and Theft753
Motor Vehicle Theft187
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape28
Robbery35
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,845
Property Crime1,061
Violent Crime470
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,019
Arson23
Burglary25
Larceny and Theft941
Motor Vehicle Theft396
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape42
Robbery21
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,145
Property Crime1,361
Violent Crime1,086

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Bend Property Crime

South Bend Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Bend Crime 2025

South Bend Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

South Bend Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

South Bend Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this South Bend, 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 South Bend crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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