Jacksonville, IL carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 14% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jacksonville, IL shows violent crime at 303.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,102.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% 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
303.7/100K violent
2102.6/100K property
-14% vs U.S.
The verdict
Jacksonville earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-14%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
29th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,102.6
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jacksonville, IL
Comparable rate records
Jacksonville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jacksonville's 303.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Potomac (303.5), Melrose Park (304.4), University Park (301.7), Robinson (301.4). 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
Jacksonville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 303.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jacksonville ranks 88 of 506 — above 418 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +204.7% 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 361.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 303.7 in 2024 (-16.1%). The highest observed value was 361.9 in 2020 and the lowest 168.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Jacksonville'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+4%
291.9 → 303.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.8%
2119.5 → 2102.6/100K
Property offenses lead Jacksonville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IL
vs US avg
Property Crime
360
2102.6
1664.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
255
1489.3
-
-
Burglary
79
461.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
26
151.9
-
-
Arson
5
29.2
-
-
Violent Crime
52
303.7
277.5
352
Aggravated Assault
31
181.1
-
-
Rape
14
81.8
-
-
Robbery
5
29.2
-
-
Murder
2
11.7
-
-
Jacksonville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jacksonville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,102.6/100K↓0.8%vs 2023
Jacksonville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
303.7/100K↑4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
18,515
361.9
2403.5
512
2021
Comparable
18,398
168.5
565.3
135
2022
Comparable
17,731
236.9
2205.2
433
2023
Comparable
17,127
291.9
2119.5
413
2024
Comparable
17,122
303.7
2102.6
412
How Jacksonville sits among IL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Jacksonville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Jacksonville's crime figures on this page originate from Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville in population. Their populations run from 16,856 to 17,699, against 17,122 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Illinois cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Jacksonville's 303.7/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Jacksonville has a violent crime rate of 303.7 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2102.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Jacksonville, IL safe? ▼
Jacksonville receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 51/100. The violent crime rate is 14% below the national average and 9% above the Illinois average.
What is the population of Jacksonville, IL? ▼
The reporting population for Jacksonville is 17,122 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Jacksonville? ▼
In 2024, Jacksonville reported 52 violent crimes and 360 property crimes, for a total of 412 reported offenses.
How do Jacksonville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Jacksonville recorded about one reported offense per 42 residents and one reported violent offense per 329 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jacksonville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Jacksonville's violent crime rate increased by 4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.8%.
What is the most common crime in Jacksonville? ▼
The most common crime type in Jacksonville is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.9% of all reported crimes (255 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.