Mahomet, IL has a A safety grade (76/100) with a violent crime rate of 228 per 100,000, 35% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city
Mahomet (10,538 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then IL and national benchmarks.
Data updated 2026-08-24
Mahomet, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mahomet, IL shows violent crime at 227.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 208.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% 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.
2020–2024 direction
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 79.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 227.7 in 2024 (+185.0%). The highest observed value was 227.7 in 2024 and the lowest 10.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses are 52.2% of the 46 Part I offenses reported in Mahomet for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 41.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Small-count caution
Mahomet reported 24 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 10,538. 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
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Mahomet's 227.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Litchfield (228.4), Auburn (226.7), Peru (226.0), Caseyville (230.0). 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
At 227.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mahomet ranks 122 of 506 — above 384 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +128.5% 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft is 59.1% of reported property offenses in Mahomet, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (8) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Mahomet's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 24 reported violent incidents in a population of 10,538. 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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Across 9.7 Census sq mi, Mahomet logged 2.3 property and 2.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Mahomet leans on aggravated assault at 39% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 2,741.
Violent offenses are 52% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a mid-size city.
Mahomet offense mix (2024)
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
| Offense | Count | Rate /100K |
|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 24 | 227.7 |
| Aggravated Assault | 18 | 170.8 |
| Murder | 3 | 28.5 |
| Rape | 3 | 28.5 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Property Crime | 22 | 208.8 |
| Larceny-Theft | 13 | 123.4 |
| Burglary | 8 | 75.9 |
| Arson | 2 | 19 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 9.5 |
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
| Year | Coverage | Population | Violent Rate | Property Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Comparable | 8,760 | 79.9 | 696.3 |
| 2021 | Insufficient reporting | 9,151 | - | - |
| 2022 | Comparable | 9,709 | 175.1 | 545.9 |
| 2023 | Comparable | 10,359 | 96.5 | 357.2 |
| 2024 | Comparable | 10,538 | 227.7 | 208.8 |
Mahomet Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Mahomet's 46 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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.
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to Mahomet in population. Their populations run from 10,216 to 10,805, against 10,538 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.
Mahomet sits at 227.7/100K violent (grade A); the Illinois cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.
Mahomet at 227.7/100K violent and 208.8/100K property - matched below outside Illinois (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
227.7/100K here; nearest out-of-state matches.
208.8/100K here; violent-rate peers above excluded.
In 2024, Mahomet reported 24 violent crimes and 22 property crimes, for a total of 46 reported offenses.
From 2023 to 2024, Mahomet's violent crime rate increased by 136%, and the property crime rate decreased by 41.5%.
The most common crime type in Mahomet is aggravated assault, accounting for 39.1% of all reported crimes (18 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Mahomet 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.
Mid-size rate methodology for how Mahomet's mid-size city row is sourced and ranked.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Mahomet, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.
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