Jacksonville, IL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.
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.
Jacksonville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.6 Census sq mi, Jacksonville logged 34.1 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Jacksonville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (62% of 412 offenses; mix index 4,310).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.6 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
+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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Jacksonville: 304 violent, 2103 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Hinsdale: 46 violent, 492 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Charleston: 360 violent, 1793 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Marion: 469 violent, 2931 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Lemont: 34 violent, 543 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Palos Hills: 68 violent, 411 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Morton: 85 violent, 824 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bellwood: 306 violent, 1197 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Franklin Park: 175 violent, 1401 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Jacksonville Police Department
Reporting agency for Jacksonville NIBRS-participating
Jacksonville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Jacksonville's 412 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
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
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In 2024, Jacksonville reported 52 violent crimes and 360 property crimes, for a total of 412 reported offenses.
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.