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 2026-08-24

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 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
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

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

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

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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.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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