Crime in Indiana

This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Indiana.

State statistics

In 2008 there were 223,994 crimes reported in Indiana, including 327 murders.^[1]

Policing

Further information: List of law enforcement agencies in Indiana

In 2008, Indiana had 482 state and local law enforcement agencies.^[2] Those agencies employed a total of 19,940 staff.^[3] Of the total staff, 13,171 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers).^[4]

Police ratio

In 2008, Indiana had 206 police officers per 100,000 residents.^[5]

Capital punishment laws

Further information: Capital punishment in Indiana

Capital punishment is applied in this state.^[6]

References

External links

Indiana execution chamber photo

State of Indiana

Indianapolis (capital)

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Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics Party strength

Regions	Central Indiana East Central Indiana Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Tri-State Area Michiana Northern Indiana Northwest Indiana Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Wabash Valley

Largest cities	Indianapolis Fort Wayne Evansville South Bend Carmel Fishers Bloomington Hammond Gary Muncie Lafayette Terre Haute Kokomo Anderson Noblesville Elkhart Greenwood Mishawaka Lawrence Jeffersonville Columbus Richmond New Albany Portage Michigan City Valparaiso Goshen Westfield East Chicago Marion West Lafayette Hobart Crown Point Franklin La Porte Seymour Logansport New Castle Connersville Vincennes Bedford Jasper Washington Princeton

Largest towns	Merrillville Schererville Clarksville Plainfield Highland Munster

Counties	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Saint Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley

Crime in the United States by state

States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Federal district	Washington, D.C.

Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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