State crime profile · 2024

Illinois Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 506 cities and 80 of 102 counties in Illinois (IL), ranked safest to most dangerous from 927 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

277.5
Violent / 100K
1,664.8
Property / 100K
506
Cities
80
Counties

Illinois violent crime is 277.5 per 100,000, 21% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Illinois records 277.5 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 21% below the national average (about the 21st-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 277.5 violent crimes per 100K
  • -21% vs. the U.S. average
  • 14,245 Chicago violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 83
  • 1,684.3/100K Danville rate #1 (volume #7)

How safe is Illinois? FBI UCR data snapshot

Illinois (IL) reported 35,267 violent crimes and 211,593 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 927 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 277.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1664.8 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 12,710,158. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 506 Illinois cities and 80 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Illinois below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 363.6 to 277.5 per 100,000, a decline of 23.7%. City-level detail pages within Illinois include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Illinois ranks nationally

Illinois vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

278 Safer than 59% among 51 U.S. states

IL 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 12,710,158 35,267 277.5 211,593 1664.8
2023 12,549,689 36,662 292.1 204,242 1627.5
2022 12,582,032 32,949 261.9 176,994 1406.7
2021 12,670,797 21,320 168.3 90,454 713.9
2020 12,587,530 51,253 407.2 194,409 1544.5
2019 12,671,821 51,509 406.5 229,328 1809.7
2018 12,741,080 52,140 409.2 242,824 1905.8
2017 12,802,023 55,107 430.5 251,544 1964.9
2016 12,801,539 54,814 428.2 257,525 2011.7
2015 12,859,995 48,850 379.9 252,262 1961.6
2014 12,880,580 46,838 363.6 264,807 2055.9

Cities in Illinois

Safest cities in Illinois

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Northbrook is the safest sizeable city in Illinois, at 17.9 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Illinois

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Danville reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Illinois, at 1,684.3 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Chicago recorded 14,245 violent-crime reports (#1 of 83) at 539.8 per 100,000 (rate #10). Danville recorded 470 (#7) at 1,684.3 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Volume #1 is not rate #1 among Illinois cities

Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader among cities with 25,000+ residents, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a state rank.

/100K

What this shows Chicago recorded 14,245 violent-crime reports (#1 of 83) at 539.8 per 100,000 (rate #10). Danville recorded 470 (#7) at 1,684.3 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Illinois's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Illinois's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 75 1,452 Violent crime per 100K → 701 5,304 Property crime per 100K → Chicago Aurora Joliet Naperville SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Illinois's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Chicago: 540 violent, 3472 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Aurora: 266 violent, 1252 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Joliet: 350 violent, 1245 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Naperville: 84 violent, 884 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Rockford: 1080 violent, 2517 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Elgin: 267 violent, 1102 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Springfield: 901 violent, 4911 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Peoria: 1345 violent, 4284 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Champaign: 502 violent, 2279 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Waukegan: 445 violent, 1614 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Cicero: 347 violent, 1234 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Schaumburg: 91 violent, 2398 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Evanston: 142 violent, 2742 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Bolingbrook: 182 violent, 779 property per 100,000 (grade A)
D

Illinois safety livability score: 52/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    277.5/100K · C (59th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    1664.8/100K · D (43th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Chicago 2,638,698
539.8
F
Aurora 176,688
266
B
Joliet 150,569
350
C
Naperville 150,521
83.7
A
Rockford 145,280
1,080
F
Elgin 112,879
266.7
B
Springfield 111,965
901.2
F
Peoria 109,677
1,344.9
F
Champaign 89,466
501.9
D
Waukegan 87,155
445.2
C
Cicero 79,748
347.3
C
Schaumburg 74,882
90.8
B
Evanston 74,178
141.6
B
Bolingbrook 74,177
182
A
Arlington Heights 73,545
50.3
A
Decatur 67,934
602.1
F
Skokie 64,047
204.5
C
Palatine 63,960
67.2
A
Des Plaines 57,218
120.6
A
Orland Park 56,593
28.3
A
Oak Lawn 54,953
180.2
B
Berwyn 53,581
119.4
A
Mount Prospect 53,523
89.7
A
Tinley Park 53,256
108.9
A
Wheaton 52,649
49.4
A+
Normal 52,573
329.1
C
Oak Park 51,306
323.5
D
Downers Grove 49,567
113
A
Hoffman Estates 49,467
149.6
A
Plainfield 48,311
58
A
Glenview 46,371
151
B
Elmhurst 45,206
59.7
A
Lombard 43,576
117
B
Buffalo Grove 42,283
21.3
A+
Moline 41,659
384.1
D
Crystal Lake 41,074
104.7
A
Romeoville 41,007
151.2
A
Belleville 40,225
532
D
DeKalb 40,208
393
D
Bartlett 39,656
27.7
A+
Carol Stream 38,703
69.8
A
Urbana 38,204
544.4
F
Oswego 37,893
34.3
A+
Park Ridge 37,379
96.3
A
Wheeling 37,251
61.7
A
Streamwood 37,245
128.9
A
Carpentersville 36,833
111.3
A
Rock Island 35,841
544.1
F
Hanover Park 35,779
125.8
A
Addison 35,011
140
A
Northbrook 33,610
17.9
A
Woodridge 33,387
59.9
A
St. Charles 32,529
92.2
A
Glendale Heights 32,181
99.4
A
Mundelein 31,876
47.1
A
O'Fallon 31,856
194.6
B
Elk Grove Village 30,912
119.7
B
North Chicago 30,318
178.1
A
Highland Park 30,311
49.5
A
Algonquin 30,289
59.4
A
Gurnee 30,041
166.4
B
Niles 29,099
55
A
Galesburg 28,864
512.7
F
Lake in the Hills 28,573
70
A
McHenry 28,563
94.5
A
Huntley 28,439
28.1
A+
New Lenox 28,315
53
A
Glen Ellyn 28,175
49.7
A+
Danville 27,905
1,684.3
F
Burbank 27,784
198
B
Lansing 27,309
391.8
C
Granite City 26,708
617.8
F
Wilmette 26,685
22.5
A
Lockport 26,668
67.5
A
Edwardsville 26,663
30
A+
Round Lake Beach 26,644
82.6
A
Vernon Hills 26,629
60.1
A
Batavia 26,208
91.6
A
Oak Forest 25,823
89.1
A
Chicago Heights 25,802
1,232.5
F
Yorkville 25,788
73.7
A
Woodstock 25,731
93.3
A
Belvidere 25,302
150.2
A
West Chicago 24,968
184.2
A
Alton 24,809
963.4
F
Homer Glen 24,560
16.3
A+
South Elgin 24,420
188.4
A
Grayslake 24,339
65.7
A
Zion 24,068
452.9
C
Westmont 23,785
54.7
A
Morton Grove 23,782
46.3
A
Collinsville 23,599
194.9
B
Melrose Park 23,327
304.4
C
Loves Park 23,312
356
C
Rolling Meadows 23,077
99.7
A
Lisle 23,074
43.3
A+
Elmwood Park 23,028
169.4
B
Freeport 22,888
362.6
C
Machesney Park 22,530
319.6
C
Montgomery 22,489
115.6
A
Showing the 100 largest of 506 reporting cities. Browse all 506 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Illinois

80 of 102 Census county-equivalents (78.4%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Illinois, violent crime per 100K

The 7 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): DuPage. Its 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Adams
Bond
Boone
Brown
Bureau
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Champaign
Clark
Clinton
Coles
Cook
Crawford
Cumberland
DeKalb
DeWitt
DuPage
Edgar
Edwards
Effingham
Fayette
Ford
Franklin
Greene
Grundy
Hamilton
Hancock
Henderson
Henry
Iroquois
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Jersey
Jo Daviess
Kane
Kankakee
Kendall
Knox
La Salle
Lawrence
Livingston
Logan
Macoupin
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Mason
McHenry
McLean
Menard
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Moultrie
Ogle
Peoria
Perry
Piatt
Pike
Pulaski
Putnam
Randolph
Richland
Rock Island
Saline
Sangamon
Scott
Shelby
St. Clair
Stephenson
Tazewell
Vermilion
Warren
Wayne
White
Whiteside
Will
Winnebago

Nationwide peers for Illinois

Similar violent rate (~277.5/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,664.8/100K)

Nearby States

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ID
Indiana
IN
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

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