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

Elkhart-Goshen Metro Area violent crime is 23.0. (The US average is 22.7)

Elkhart-Goshen Metro Area property crime is 30.6. (The US average is 35.4)

YOU SHOULD KNOW

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.