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Shelby County, IN Arrest Records

Shelby County, IN is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.81 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has higher total crime rate than Allen, Howard, Lake, Vanderburgh, Madison counties in Indiana.
Shelby County, IN property crime rate is 4.51 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 104 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 22.39% compared to 2015.

Shelby County, IN Crime Rate

Total arrests in Shelby County in 2016 decreased by 16.01% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 48 to 36 while non-violent crime decreased by 14.16% from 233 to 200.

5 Crimes In Shelby County, IN in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 104
Burglary 72
Aggravated assault 33
Motor vehicle theft 24
Revised rape 2

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Shelby County decreased by 25% from 2015 and increased by 44% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 25 to 36. In 2016 violent crime rate in Shelby County was 82.69% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.081%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Shelby County decreased by 14.16% from 2015 and decreased by 47.23% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 379 to 200. In 2016 property crime rate in Shelby County was 84.13% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.451%.

How Shelby stands up against other counties

Shelby vs. Jackson

You’ll be in more safety in Shelby compared to Jackson county that had 59.17% higher crime rate compared to Shelby county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.7445 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.4090 in Jackson county.
Burglary rates of 1.6244 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and higher than average 1.4314 in Jackson county.

Shelby vs. Lawrence

You’ll be in more safety in Shelby compared to Lawrence county that had 44.41% higher crime rate compared to Shelby county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.7445 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 2.6803 in Lawrence county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.5415 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.6591 in Lawrence county.

Names with the most arrests in Shelby

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Shelby, Indiana, the most crimes, that's 35.49% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Shelby County is 0.84% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.46 daily crimes that occur in Shelby County.
  • Shelby, IN is safer than Jackson.
  • In Shelby County you have a 1 in 188 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Shelby, IN have decreased by 16.01%.

Shelby Police Departments

Cities in Shelby County

Names in Shelby County