Crime in Peru, Indiana

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Peru violent crime is 13.5. (The US average is 22.7)

Peru property crime is 45.4. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.

Violent Crimes - Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Property Crimes - Burglary Larceny Auto Theft

Peru, IN Crime History

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Year	Violent	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property	Burglary	Larceny	Auto
2009	204.5	0	8.2	32.7	163.6	1546	392.6	1047	106.3
2010	131.3	0	8.2	16.4	106.7	1805.6	566.3	1124.4	114.9
2011	183	8.7	26.1	52.3	95.9	1847.5	496.7	1246.2	104.6
2013		8.9	8.9	17.8	151.5	1185.5	463.5	677.4	44.6
2014	315.3	0	54	27	234.2	3206.9	558.5	2522.3	126.1
2015	190.8	0	54.5	9.1	127.2	3707.1	708.7	2807.6	190.8
2016	200	0	18.2	18.2	163.7	3664.3	663.8	2846	154.6
2017		0		45.4	372.4	3960.4	545	3288.2	127.2
2018	464.8	0	27.3	9.1	428.3	3371.9	419.2	2816	136.7

Crime in Nearby Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Wabash, IN	84.0	1,670.1	11,283	13	2009
Logansport, IN	135.6	3,728.8	17,700	15	2017
Kokomo, IN	677.7	2,581.0	46,709	20	2019
North Manchester, IN	100.7	1,963.1	6,105	23	2015
Russiaville, IN	273.0	4,094.6	1,099	26	2012

Crime in Similar Size Cities

City	Violent per 100k	Property per 100k	Pop.	Miles	Data Year
Logansport, IN	135.6	3,728.8	17,700	15	2017
Marion, IN	370.1	3,126.2	30,342	26	2019
Bluffton, IN	88.8	1,608.4	9,959	47	2019
Westfield, IN	37.0	782.2	36,681	51	2019
Zionsville, IN	14.5	282.3	25,574	56	2019

Visualize the relationship between violent and property crime in similar size cities.

Reviews for Peru 8 Reviews

Bad weather, worse people. - 11/14/2021
Snowy cold weather like the north with inbred hillbillies like the south. This town is truly the worst of both worlds. Dumb, uneducated white trash is the norm, not the... Read More

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Small town Indiana personified - 8/7/2020
It's a small northern Indiana town. That's pretty much all you can say. I can't speak for the city schools, but my experience at Maconaquah was good, especially after... Read More

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life is what you make it - 4/22/2018
PERU IS A GREAT PLACE...NOT SO GREAT THO IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND LOOKING FOR A HIGH PAYING JOB...WE ARE ALMOST RETIRED...ITS A LAYED BACK TOWN...WITH ONE DYING EXPENSIVE... Read More

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