Pottawattamie Park, IN Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Pottawattamie Park is a town of 265 in LaPorte County, next to Michigan City · Updated November 2026

How common is violent crime in Pottawattamie Park?

Violent crime in Pottawattamie Park sits near the national middle: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Assaults make up 96% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.

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Violent crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 845 of 1,000
About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhood What this means

46% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Pottawattamie Park as a whole, and 54% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Pottawattamie Park scores 845.

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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 838 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhood
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Property crimeSafety score 823 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhood

How it works


Violent crime map of Pottawattamie Park

Map of Pottawattamie Park shaded by violent crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Pottawattamie Park, IN at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pottawattamie Park, 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


Violent crime rates and types in Pottawattamie Park

CrimeGrade™ estimates Pottawattamie Park has about 6.6 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% less than the US as a whole and 49% less than Indiana.

All violent crime

Assaults

Robbery

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.

Assault is the most common violent crime in Pottawattamie Park, about 96% of the total.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
MurderAunder 10.030.05
RapeAunder 10.150.38
RobberyAunder 10.100.62
AssaultA-26.312.3

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Pottawattamie Park

The Michigan City Police Department polices Pottawattamie Park, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.

In Pottawattamie Park, 55% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 30% of them.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
RobberyStreets and sidewalks (30%)Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assaultHomes (55%)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.


Violent crime in Pottawattamie Park and nearby cities

Of the 10 cities closest to Pottawattamie Park, 8 have less violent crime. Beverly Shores and Michiana Shores have the least.

Nearby cities

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Pottawattamie ParkA-845A-265
Michigan City 2 milesA-817A-37,800
Trail Creek 2 milesF0F3,440
Long Beach 2 milesA+943A+1,490
Michiana Shores 4 milesA+968A+524
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Michiana, MI 4 milesA894A217
Waterford 4 milesA+949A+822
Town of Pines 5 milesA+965A+677
Grand Beach, MI 6 milesA852A-317
Beverly Shores 6 milesA+976A+711
New Buffalo, MI 8 milesA905A2,770

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pottawattamie Park. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Pottawattamie Park has more violent crime than 98% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceViolentOverallResidents
Pottawattamie ParkA-845A-265
Old Woollam, MOA+992A+265
Kelloggsville, NYA+990A+265
Cottageville, KYA+984A+265
Belzoni, OKA+979A+265
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PlaceViolentOverallResidents
North Star, MIA+976A+265
Dorchester, GAA+958A+265
Margaret, WVA+956A+265
Frazier Crossroads, NCA+938A+265
Matthews Crossroads, NCA892A265
Valerie, CAA889A265

What violent crime costs Pottawattamie Park

Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Pottawattamie Park about $150,000 a year, or $559 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $33,000, or $123 per resident.

Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year

How the cost breaks down

Pain and suffering are about 78% of that full cost.

CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$14,000$53
Rape$2,300$9
Robbery$840$3
Assault$15,000$58
Total$33,000$123

How CrimeGrade™ works

The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

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