The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Clarksville, IN
Clarksville is a town of 20,100 in Clark County, about 4 miles north of downtown Louisville · Updated November 2026
Is Clarksville, IN safe?
Yes, crime in Clarksville is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Clarksville sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Clarksville run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 810 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Clarksville as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Clarksville scores 810.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Clarksville, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Clarksville, 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 in Clarksville
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Clarksville has 4.1.
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Clarksville runs 56% above the US rate, but burglaries run 25% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Clarksville
Every part of Clarksville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Clarksville run from A to B; 33% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Clarksville, the center has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Clarksville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Clarksville has about 58 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% more than the US as a whole and 85% more than Indiana.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Clarksville is theft, about 59% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Clarksville Police Department counts vandalism differently from the national definition, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Clarksville
Clarksville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Clarksville, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 40% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (31%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (52%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Clarksville compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Clarksville, 4 have less crime. Floyds Knobs and Sellersburg have the least.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Clarksville
Two things set Clarksville apart: it has 25.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.25.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 and assault. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 65% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 74% 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.6.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 57% 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 crime costs Clarksville
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Clarksville about $1,214 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $25 million a year, or $1,249 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$54
Rape
$340,000
$17
Robbery
$270,000
$13
Assault
$3.0 million
$148
Burglary
$320,000
$16
Theft
$3.6 million
$177
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$63
Arson
$26,000
$1
Vandalism
$540,000
$27
Total
$10 million
$515
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Clarksville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Clarksville, IN average a SchoolGrade of D+: 34% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Clarksville on SchoolGrade
