South Bend, IN crime: up or down?
Newest FBI monthly report: Jul 2026
The latest months are far below the usual level, which usually means reports are still being sent, not that crime stopped.
Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Apr 2024, May 2025 – Aug 2025, Jan 2026 – Apr 2026, Jun 2026 – Jul 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.
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Each kind of crime, 2025
| Kind | Reports | Solved |
|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | |
| Rape | 28 | 4% |
| Robbery | 35 | 6% |
| Aggravated assault | 407 | 27% |
| Burglary | 122 | 7% |
| Theft | 758 | 3% |
| Car theft | 192 | 6% |
| Arson | 16 | 13% |
"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 South Bend 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 South Bend has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does. For one block, open it on the map.
How this works
South Bend 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).