Gilberts, IL carries a PlainCrime A+ safety grade with violent crime 90% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Gilberts, IL shows violent crime at 33.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 213.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 90% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
33.7/100K violent
213.3/100K property
-90% vs U.S.
The verdict
Gilberts earns an A+ safety grade: violent crime runs 90% below the U.S. average, placing it among the safest cities in the country.
A+
PlainCrime safety grade
-90%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
94th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
213.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 3 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,909. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Gilberts, IL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Gilberts reported 3 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 8,909. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Gilberts's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Gilberts's 33.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Frankfort (33.2), Lemont (34.3), Oswego (34.3), Sugar Grove (32.6). 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
Gilberts reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 33.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Gilberts ranks 384 of 506 — above 122 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -66.6% against the cohort median of 100.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Gilberts'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.
Based on 3 reported violent incidents in a population of 8,909. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+16.7%
182.7 → 213.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.7%
34.3 → 33.7/100K
Property offenses lead Gilberts's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
19
213.3
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
14
157.1
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
44.9
-
-
Burglary
1
11.2
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
3
33.7
352
277.5
Rape
2
22.4
-
-
Aggravated Assault
1
11.2
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Gilberts Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Gilberts property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
213.3/100K↑16.7%vs 2023
Gilberts violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
33.7/100K↓1.7%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
8,218
0
328.5
27
2021
Comparable
8,198
0
24.4
2
2022
Comparable
8,339
12
323.8
28
2023
Comparable
8,756
34.3
182.7
19
2024
Comparable
8,909
33.7
213.3
22
How Gilberts sits among IL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Gilberts Police Department NIBRS-participating
Gilberts's crime figures on this page originate from Gilberts Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to Gilberts in population. Their populations run from 8,710 to 9,194, against 8,909 here. Or use our
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These Illinois cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Gilberts's 33.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Gilberts has a violent crime rate of 33.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 213.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Gilberts, IL safe? ▼
Gilberts receives a safety grade of A+ (Very Safe), with a safety score of 95/100. The violent crime rate is 90% below the national average and 88% below the Illinois average.
What is the population of Gilberts, IL? ▼
The reporting population for Gilberts is 8,909 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Gilberts? ▼
In 2024, Gilberts reported 3 violent crimes and 19 property crimes, for a total of 22 reported offenses.
How do Gilberts's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Gilberts recorded about one reported offense per 405 residents and one reported violent offense per 2970 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Gilberts? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Gilberts's violent crime rate decreased by 1.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 16.7%.
What is the most common crime in Gilberts? ▼
The most common crime type in Gilberts is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.6% of all reported crimes (14 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Gilberts is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Gilberts, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.