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INDIANA ARREST DATA

This dataset is the underlying data of the Indiana Arrests Dashboard which displays counts of individuals arrested, arrests, charges by offense category, dispositions, country and time period in Indiana beginning in 2008 through the present year.

Arrest data comes from the Criminal History Repository System (CHRIS). Data feeding into the CHRIS system comes from three main sources. Arrest data comes from the LiveScan system, which is used for fingerprinting and capturing other pertinent information at the time of the arrest. Criminal disposition data are maintained by prosecutors in ProsLink system, and by the courts in the Odyssey system.

Data Notes:

  1. Arrest data are sent to ISP soon after the arrest occurs, but disposition data have a lag of approximately seven months as the case makes its way through the legal system.

  2. Text descriptions of the original offenses are provided by the arresting officer when the offender is arrested. Later, the prosecutor's office or court provides a text description of the filed offense, along with the Indiana Code title, article, chapter, and section (e.g.35-48-4-6). The filed offense may be amended later.

  3. Arrest County is determined by the location of the booking agency. If the booking agency is missing, then the arresting agency is used.

  4. The count of individuals/arrests/charges by offense category can add up to more than the grand total because one individual/arrest/charge can fall into multiple categories (e.g. DUI is counted in the "Drug" and "Traffic" categories.

  5. Arrest categories and subcategories are determined based on keywords found in a free text description of the offense. About 7% of offenses have a description that has not yet been categorized.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source Indiana State Police
Author Indiana State Police
Maintainer Management Performance Hub
Last Updated January 21, 2025, 09:11 (EST)
Created April 25, 2023, 09:26 (EDT)
Granularity Aggregate
Language English
Spatial/Geographic Coverage State of Indiana
Temporal Coverage Most recent year/quarter available