Elkhart, IN crime: up or down?
Newest FBI monthly report: Apr 2026
These months run 43% below the same months in past years. A drop that size is usually reports not sent yet or a new records system counting differently, so Crime Radar won't call it a real drop until more months come in.
Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Apr 2024 – Sep 2025. Those months are left out of every comparison.
Open Elkhart on the mapThe map adds deadly crashes, plus plate-reader cameras and police surveillance technology where they are known, and lets you save the place to see what changes.
The same months in past years
- 2022439
- 2023505
- 2026269
Each kind of crime, 2025
| Kind | Reports | Solved |
|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2 | |
| Rape | 8 | |
| Robbery | 9 | |
| Aggravated assault | 99 | 63% |
| Burglary | 57 | 11% |
| Theft | 163 | 7% |
| Car theft | 16 | 0% |
| Arson | 0 |
"Solved" is the FBI's cleared count: someone was arrested, or the case was closed another way. Shown for kinds with 10 or more reports.
Is Elkhart safe?
Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Elkhart has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does. For one block, open it on the map.
How this works
Elkhart Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.
Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).