Fort Wayne is the second-largest city in Indiana, with 325,300 residents in Allen County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Fort Wayne?
Property crime in Fort Wayne sits near the national middle: an A-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 793 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Fort Wayne as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Wayne scores 793.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Fort Wayne, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Wayne, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Fort Wayne
Car thefts run high in Northside, East Central & Bloomingdale. In this part of central Fort Wayne, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Fort Wayne.
Burglaries happen at homes more often than nationally. In Fort Wayne, 72% of reported burglaries happen at homes, against 57% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Fort Wayne
Low property crime is the norm across Fort Wayne: 81% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Fort Wayne run from A+ to D-.
81%14%
A or B 81%C 14%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Canterbury Green, Arlington Park & Ranchwood, northeastBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Fort Wayne.A881
2Copper Hill, Avalon Place & Southwest Waynedale, southwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Fort Wayne.A868
3Pine Valley, Crestwood Colony & Highland Park Forest, northClose to the rest of Fort Wayne on most crimes.A-829
4Hamilton, Nebraska & West Central, westCar thefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Fort Wayne.A-802
5Frances Slocum, Monarch Park & Harvester, eastCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Fort Wayne.B+763
6Crown Colony, Victoria Park & Village Woods, southeastThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Fort Wayne.B+718
7Northside, East Central & Bloomingdale, centralBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Fort Wayne.C+527
8Pettit-Rudisill, Oxford & South Suburan, southCar thefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Fort Wayne.C+505
Neighborhood areas of Fort Wayne, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Fort Wayne?
Reported property crime in Fort Wayne has fallen 20% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 28 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Fort WayneUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Fort Wayne. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Fort Wayne
Property, US
2016
+23%
+15%
2017
+16%
+12%
2018
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-16%
-8%
2021
-16%
-10%
2022
-13%
-6%
2023
-14%
-7%
2024
-20%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Fort Wayne
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Wayne has about 26 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% more than the US as a whole and 38% more than Indiana.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Fort Wayne, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Car thefts happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Fort Wayne and nearby cities
Fort Wayne has the most property crime of its 4 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fort Wayne. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Fort Wayne has more property crime than 59% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Fort Wayne apart: it has 3.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.54 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 69% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 61% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 56% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 52% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Fort Wayne
Property crime costs Fort Wayne about $58 million a year, or $178 per resident and about $454 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$5.7 million
$18
Theft
$26 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$11 million
$35
Arson
$1.4 million
$4
Vandalism
$14 million
$42
Total
$58 million
$178
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
