Plainfield, IN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Plainfield, IN Summary

Crime in Plainfield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Plainfield over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Plainfield:

  • There were 640 total crimes committed in Plainfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,693.6 total crimes per 100K people in Plainfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Plainfield is -20.09% below the national average.
  • Plainfield ranks #87 safest out of 125 cities in Indiana.
  • Plainfield ranks #6,553 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Plainfield Vs Indiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Plainfield is 1,693.6 per 100,000 people. That's -20.09% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 0.12% higher than the Indiana total crime rate of 1,691.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Plainfield
/ 100k People
Indiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 640 1,693.6 1,691.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.5 5.0
Robbery 10 26.5 34.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 72 190.5 239.4 256.0
Violent Crime 93 246.1 312.9 359.0
Burglary 36 95.3 176.8 229.0
Larceny 430 1,137.9 988.8 1,272.0
Car Theft 81 214.3 213.0 259.0
Property Crime 547 1,447.5 1,378.6 1,760.0

Plainfield Crime Compared To Indiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Indiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Plainfield

93
Violent Crimes
246.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 93 violent crimes in Plainfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Plainfield is 246.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 406.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Plainfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 319.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.45% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -21.36% lower than the Indiana violent crime rate of 312.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Plainfield

547
Property Crimes
1,447.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-17.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 547 property crimes in Plainfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Plainfield is 1,447.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 69.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Plainfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -17.76% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 5.00% higher than the Indiana property crime rate of 1,378.6 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Plainfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Indianapolis, IN 890,685 37,533 4,213.9 3,336.1 877.9
Greenwood, IN 67,086 1,099 1,638.2 1,529.4 108.8
Brownsburg, IN 33,343 221 662.8 599.8 63.0
Avon, IN 25,147 438 1,741.8 1,606.6 135.2
Beech Grove, IN 14,335 277 1,932.3 1,653.3 279.0
Speedway, IN 14,229 395 2,776.0 2,614.4 161.6
Danville, IN 11,830 96 811.5 718.5 93.0
Bargersville, IN 11,568 56 484.1 423.6 60.5
New Whiteland, IN 5,813 30 516.1 481.7 34.4

Plainfield SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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