East Moline, IL carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 11% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, East Moline, IL shows violent crime at 315 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,355 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
315/100K violent
2355/100K property
-11% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for East Moline, IL
Comparable rate records
East Moline's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to East Moline's 315.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Morris (314.9), Steger (315.6), Sterling (319.4), Machesney Park (319.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
East Moline reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 315.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, East Moline ranks 84 of 506 — above 422 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +216.0% against the cohort median of 99.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 442.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 315.0 in 2024 (-28.8%). The highest observed value was 451.2 in 2021 and the lowest 200.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 57.6% of reported property offenses in East Moline, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (141) and motor vehicle theft (65). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate East Moline's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
East Moline's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 14.6 Census sq mi, East Moline logged 33.3 property and 4.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
East Moline leans on larceny-theft at 51% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,447.
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (14.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+35.5%
232.4 → 315/100K
Property Crime Rate
-6.3%
2513.2 → 2355/100K
Property offenses lead East Moline's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IL
vs US avg
Property Crime
486
2355
1664.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
280
1356.8
-
-
Burglary
141
683.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
65
315
-
-
Arson
1
4.8
-
-
Violent Crime
65
315
277.5
352
Aggravated Assault
44
213.2
-
-
Rape
12
58.1
-
-
Robbery
8
38.8
-
-
Murder
1
4.8
-
-
East Moline Crime Trend (2020-2024)
East Moline property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
East Moline Police Department
Reporting agency for East Moline NIBRS-participating
East Moline Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind East Moline's 551 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Illinois
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In 2024, East Moline reported 65 violent crimes and 486 property crimes, for a total of 551 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in East Moline?
From 2023 to 2024, East Moline's violent crime rate increased by 35.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 6.3%.
What is the most common crime in East Moline?
The most common crime type in East Moline is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.8% of all reported crimes (280 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: East Moline figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 East Moline, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.