The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Whiting, IN
Whiting is a city of 11,900 in Lake County, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Whiting, IN safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Whiting has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Whiting run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 726 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Whiting as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Whiting scores 726.
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 Whiting, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Whiting, 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 Whiting
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Whiting runs 33% above the US rate, but burglaries run 23% below it: 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Whiting
Most of Whiting grades well: 70% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Whiting run from A- to C; every part of Whiting has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
70%30%
A or B 70%C 30%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Whiting, the south side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Whiting
CrimeGrade™ estimates Whiting has about 49 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 33% more than the US as a whole and 57% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Whiting, about 39% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Whiting compares with nearby cities
Whiting has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Parking lots, walkability and night lighting in Whiting
Two things set Whiting apart: it has 6.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of B (61 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.6.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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.B (61 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% 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
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.61% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 88% 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.7.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 68% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 56% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Whiting on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Whiting
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Whiting about $1,316 a year per household, 9% more than 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 $20 million a year, or $1,690 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$98
Rape
$210,000
$17
Robbery
$120,000
$10
Assault
$2.5 million
$211
Burglary
$190,000
$16
Theft
$1.2 million
$98
Vehicle theft
$600,000
$51
Arson
$15,000
$1
Vandalism
$490,000
$41
Total
$6.5 million
$544
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 Whiting 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 Whiting, IN average a SchoolGrade of F: 22% of students test proficient, against 18% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Whiting on SchoolGrade
