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Plainfield, IN crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Feb 2026

Far lower than past years, possibly missing reports

These months run 36% 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.

104 violent and property crimes reported, Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Usual for these months
163
Per 1,000 residents, past year
14.3
Indiana overall: 15.5
Residents served
38,557
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Feb 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Each kind of crime, 2025

KindReportsSolved
Homicide1
Rape9
Robbery8
Aggravated assault4867%
Burglary2425%
Theft39527%
Car theft539%
Arson1

"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 Plainfield 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 Plainfield has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 14.3 per 1,000 residents against 15.5 across Indiana. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Plainfield 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).

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