FBI arson data · 2024
Indiana Arson
560 arson offenses were reported by 474 Indiana law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.6% of the national total. The most was reported by Indianapolis Police Department (206).
Indiana agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Police Department | City | Marion County | 206 |
| Fort Wayne Police Department | City | Allen County | 55 |
| Terre Haute Police Department | City | Vigo County | 33 |
| Evansville Police Department | City | Vanderburgh County | 30 |
| South Bend Police Department | City | St. Joseph County | 24 |
| Bloomington Police Department | City | Monroe County | 15 |
| Elkhart Police Department | City | Elkhart County | 11 |
| Purdue University | University or College | Tippecanoe County | 10 |
| Elkhart County Sheriff's Office | County | Elkhart County | 9 |
| East Chicago Police Department | City | Lake County | 8 |
| Hammond Police Department | City | Lake County | 7 |
| Warrick County Sheriff's Office | County | Warrick County | 7 |
| Lafayette Police Department | City | Tippecanoe County | 6 |
| Michigan City Police Department | City | LaPorte County | 5 |
| Indiana University: Bloomington | University or College | Monroe County | 5 |
| Indiana State Police | State Police | Marion County | 5 |
| Goshen Police Department | City | Elkhart County | 4 |
| Bedford Police Department | City | Lawrence County | 4 |
| Richmond Police Department | City | Wayne County | 4 |
| Whitestown Police Department | City | Boone County | 3 |
| Carmel Police Department | City | Hamilton County | 3 |
| Gary Police Department | City | Lake County | 3 |
| Indianapolis Public Schools | Unknown | — | 3 |
| Portage Police Department | City | Porter County | 3 |
| St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office | County | St. Joseph County | 3 |
Indiana arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Indiana arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Indiana in 2024?+
560 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 474 Indiana law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 92 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Indiana?+
Indianapolis Police Department, with 206 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Marion County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Indiana?+
Indiana's 560 reported arsons were 1.6% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.