Mount Vernon, IN Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Mount Vernon, IN Summary

Crime in Mount Vernon research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mount Vernon over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mount Vernon:

  • There were 123 total crimes committed in Mount Vernon the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,927.9 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Vernon.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Vernon is -17.05% below the national average.
  • Mount Vernon ranks #83 safest out of 130 cities in Indiana.
  • Mount Vernon ranks #6,386 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Mount Vernon Vs Indiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Vernon is 1,927.9 per 100,000 people. That's -17.05% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -9.95% lower than the Indiana total crime rate of 2,140.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Vernon
/ 100k People
Indiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 123 1,927.9 2,140.9 2,324.2
Murder 1 15.7 7.5 6.3
Robbery 1 15.7 62.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 11 172.4 253.0 268.2
Violent Crime 17 266.5 357.7 369.8
Burglary 5 78.4 280.4 269.8
Larceny 87 1,363.6 1,274.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 14 219.4 228.5 282.7
Property Crime 106 1,661.4 1,783.2 1,954.4

Mount Vernon Crime Compared To Indiana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Indiana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Mount Vernon

17
Violent Crimes
266.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-27.95%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Mount Vernon in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Vernon is 266.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 375.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Vernon each year. That compares to a 1 in 279.6 chance statewide.
  • That's -27.95% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -25.50% lower than the Indiana violent crime rate of 357.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Vernon

106
Property Crimes
1,661.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-14.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 106 property crimes in Mount Vernon in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Vernon is 1,661.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Vernon each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -14.99% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.83% lower than the Indiana property crime rate of 1,783.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Vernon

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Owensboro, KY 59,839 2,291 3,828.6 3,459.3 369.3
Elizabethtown, KY 32,437 330 1,017.4 894.0 123.3
Henderson, KY 27,503 627 2,279.8 2,036.1 243.6
Madisonville, KY 19,292 196 1,016.0 917.5 98.5
Mount Carmel, IL 6,733 45 668.3 356.5 311.9
Boonville, IN 6,200 173 2,790.3 2,016.1 774.2
Fairfield, IL 4,914 67 1,363.5 834.4 529.1
Morganfield, KY 3,202 10 312.3 249.8 62.5
Providence, KY 2,820 17 602.8 461.0 141.8

Mount Vernon SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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