The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Bedford, Indiana | Crime Index |
| Avoca, IN | 21.6 |
| Oolitic, IN | 26.1 |
| Williams, IN | 26.7 |
| Bedford, IN | 28.5 |
| Mitchell, IN | 28.8 |