Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Larceny-Theft Crimes in 2012

Updated on February 8, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2012, the Illinois city with the highest number of Larceny-Theft Crimes was Chicago (72,717), followed by Springfield (5,033), Rockford (5,003), Peoria (3,370), and Joliet (2,723).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Larceny-Theft crimes in 2012, and the table below shows the ranking of Illinois cities with high number of Larceny-Theft crimes.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Illinois, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Larceny-Theft crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Illinois cities.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Larceny-Theft Crimes in 2012
Chicago
Springfield
Rockford
Peoria
Joliet
Aurora
Schaumburg
Waukegan
Champaign
Naperville
Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Larceny-Theft Crimes in 2012
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Chicago 72717
2 Springfield 5033
3 Rockford 5003
4 Peoria 3370
5 Joliet 2723
6 Aurora 2495
7 Schaumburg 2226
8 Waukegan 1999
9 Champaign 1897
10 Naperville 1748
11 Evanston 1570
12 Elgin 1546
13 Decatur 1445
14 Bloomington 1396
15 Gurnee 1312
16 Orland Park 1298
17 Danville 1247
18 Skokie 1232
19 Cicero 1225
20 Moline 1095
21 De Kalb 1071
22 Quincy 1054
23 Lansing 1023
24 Normal 1016
25 Lombard 1008
26 Urbana 974
27 Dolton 972
28 Oak Lawn 970
29 Bolingbrook 940
30 Fairview Heights 924
31 Berwyn 892
32 Alton 861
33 Rock Island 856
34 Galesburg 844
35 Palatine 837
36 Arlington Heights 821
37 Downers Grove 819
38 Kankakee 809
39 Carbondale 798
40 Des Plaines 757
41 Pekin 728
42 Crystal Lake 727
43 Romeoville 721
44 Norridge 714
45 Freeport 712
46 Tinley Park 710
47 Harvey 666
48 Bradley 663
49 Mount Vernon 661
50 Lincolnwood 659
51 Loves Park 655
52 Niles 645
53 Mount Prospect 632
54 Round Lake Beach 628
55 East Peoria 626
56 Matteson 617
57 Forest Park 608
58 Bloomingdale 601
59 Homewood 585
59 Zion 585
60 Collinsville 580
61 Oak Brook 578
62 Addison 574
63 East St. Louis 569
64 Streamwood 568
65 Hoffman Estates 560
66 North Riverside 551
67 O'Fallon 535
68 Cahokia 534
69 Vernon Hills 532
70 Chicago Heights 531
70 Chicago Ridge 531
71 Elk Grove Village 524
72 Granite City 509
73 Glendale Heights 503
73 Sterling 503
74 Alsip 502
75 Crestwood 493
76 Elmhurst 483
77 Machesney Park 480
78 Evergreen Park 479
79 Wheaton 474
80 Northbrook 473
81 Burbank 466
82 Maywood 465
83 Bridgeview 452
84 Oswego 448
85 Kewanee 444
86 Woodridge 442
87 Algonquin 435
88 East Moline 433
89 St. Charles 429
90 Bellwood 428
91 Morris 427
92 Plainfield 425
92 Wheeling 425
93 Batavia 410
94 Monmouth 405
95 Carol Stream 395
96 Carpentersville 390
97 McHenry 383
98 Murphysboro 382
99 Streator 378
100 Wood River 376
101 Edwardsville 372
102 Ottawa 363
103 Hanover Park 361
104 Villa Park 360
105 Effingham 358
106 Rock Falls 355
107 Glenview 354
108 Country Club Hills 351
109 Hazel Crest 349
110 Macomb 344
111 Grayslake 338
112 Woodstock 337
113 Buffalo Grove 333
114 Oak Forest 330
115 Park Ridge 328
116 Melrose Park 327
117 Elmwood Park 323
118 Glen Ellyn 321
119 Wilmette 320
120 Highland Park 319
120 Northlake 319
121 Jacksonville 316
122 Morton Grove 315
123 Lincoln 310
124 Broadview 309
125 Park Forest 307
126 Dixon 303
126 Rolling Meadows 303
127 Westmont 300
128 South Holland 295
129 Montgomery 292
130 South Elgin 291
131 Blue Island 285
132 Mundelein 282
133 Canton 281
134 Salem 280
135 Cherry Valley 279
136 Bartlett 278
137 Mattoon 276
138 New Lenox 268
139 Lockport 264
139 West Chicago 264
140 Hodgkins 262
141 Libertyville 259
141 Steger 259
142 Crest Hill 257
143 Lake Zurich 253
144 River Forest 249
145 Brookfield 248
146 Silvis 247
147 Jerseyville 242
148 East Alton 239
149 Olney 238
149 Riverdale 238
150 Franklin Park 237
150 North Aurora 237
151 West Dundee 234
152 Darien 233
152 Metropolis 233
153 Godfrey 230
154 Roselle 225
154 Yorkville 225
155 Geneva 223
156 Sycamore 222
157 Lisle 218
158 Richton Park 213
159 Fox Lake 209
160 Lemont 206
161 Countryside 205
161 Rosemont 205
161 Swansea 205
162 Herrin 201
163 Peru 200
164 Mount Carmel 191
165 Benton 190
166 Antioch 189
167 Cary 188
168 Summit 186
169 Litchfield 185
170 Deerfield 182
170 Hickory Hills 182
170 Midlothian 182
171 Glenwood 181
171 Huntley 181
172 Wood Dale 169
173 Mokena 165
174 Taylorville 164
175 Hoopeston 162
176 La Salle 160
176 Sauk Village 160
176 Shiloh 160
176 Willowbrook 160
177 Frankfort 159
177 River Grove 159
178 Schiller Park 158
179 Rantoul 157
180 Peoria Heights 155
181 Westchester 154
182 Flora 151
182 Vandalia 151
183 Hinsdale 150
184 Bartonville 149
185 Princeton 144
186 Shorewood 143
187 Lyons 142
188 Bethalto 141
188 Homer Glen 141
189 Minooka 140
190 Cairo 138
191 Round Lake 137
192 Island Lake 135
192 La Grange 135
192 South Chicago Heights 135
193 Burr Ridge 133
193 Crete 133
194 Warrenville 132
194 Winnetka 132
195 Wauconda 131
196 Morton 130
197 Carlinville 128
197 Flossmoor 128
198 Barrington 125
199 Eldorado 123
200 South Beloit 122
200 Watseka 122
201 Sparta 119
202 Fairfield 117
203 Riverside 116
204 Milan 114
204 Robinson 114
205 Harvard 113
205 Palos Heights 113
206 Coal City 111
206 Plano 111
207 North Chicago 110
207 Palos Hills 110
208 Anna 109
208 Washington 109
209 Wilmington 105
210 Harwood Heights 102
211 Highland 101
212 Chillicothe 99
212 Rockton 99
213 La Grange Park 98
214 Posen 97
215 Oakbrook Terrace 92
216 Braidwood 91
217 Greenville 90
217 Justice 90
218 Prospect Heights 89
219 Olympia Fields 88
220 Mendota 87
220 Worth 87
221 Charleston 86
222 Geneseo 85
222 Glencoe 85
222 Pontoon Beach 85
222 Spring Valley 85
223 Riverton 83
224 Winthrop Harbor 82
225 Washington Park 80
226 Mascoutah 79
226 South Barrington 79
227 Dupo 77
227 Itasca 77
227 Lake Villa 77
228 Columbia 76
229 Burnham 75
229 Channahon 75
229 Lincolnshire 75
229 Oglesby 75
230 Berkeley 72
230 Fox River Grove 72
230 Lindenhurst 72
231 Lawrenceville 71
232 Carlyle 70
233 Du Quoin 68
234 Fairbury 67
234 Sauget 67
235 Pana 66
236 Mahomet 63
236 West Frankfort 63
237 Northfield 61
238 Elmwood 60
238 Stone Park 60
239 Goodfield 59
239 Hampshire 59
240 East Dundee 58
240 Hillsboro 58
241 Glen Carbon 57
242 Seneca 56
242 Waterloo 56
243 Harrisburg 55
243 Havana 55
243 Hometown 55
244 Highwood 54
244 Virden 54
245 Winnebago 52
246 El Paso 51
246 Gillespie 51
246 Lake Bluff 51
246 Nokomis 51
247 Dwight 49
247 Rushville 49
248 Caseyville 48
248 Diamond 48
249 Eureka 47
250 Genoa 46
251 Momence 45
252 Winfield 44
253 Byron 43
253 Peotone 43
253 Tolono 43
254 Hawthorn Woods 42
254 Merrionette Park 42
254 Western Springs 42
255 Monee 40
255 Morrison 40
255 Spring Grove 40
255 West City 40
256 Thornton 39
257 Breese 38
257 Earlville 38
257 Freeburg 38
257 Roxana 38
257 Tuscola 38
257 Vienna 38
258 Beecher 37
258 Manhattan 37
258 Paxton 37
258 Zeigler 37
259 Fairmont City 36
259 Farmington 36
259 Marseilles 36
259 Westville 36
260 Sugar Grove 35
261 Palos Park 34
262 Amboy 33
262 Arthur 33
262 Bannockburn 33
262 Georgetown 33
263 Catlin 32
263 Coal Valley 32
263 Elwood 32
263 Knoxville 32
263 Tilton 32
264 Barrington Hills 31
264 Delavan 31
264 Martinsville 31
264 Sleepy Hollow 31
265 Cortland 29
265 Deer Creek 29
265 Lake Forest 29
265 Mount Morris 29
265 Newton 29
265 Polo 29
266 Fulton 28
266 Gibson City 28
266 Mount Carroll 28
266 Warsaw 28
267 Carthage 27
267 Central City 27
267 Galena 27
267 Grandview 27
267 Hartford 27
267 Heyworth 27
268 Chenoa 26
268 Chester 26
268 White Hall 26
269 Elburn 25
269 Lakewood 25
269 Willow Springs 25
270 Carrollton 24
270 Greenup 24
270 Red Bud 24
270 Richmond 24
271 Kildeer 23
271 Maryville 23
271 Mount Zion 23
271 New Athens 23
272 Casey 22
272 Colfax 22
272 Gilberts 22
272 Indian Head Park 22
272 Kenilworth 22
272 McCook 22
273 Arcola 21
273 Blue Mound 21
274 East Dubuque 20
274 Sherman 20
275 Altamont 19
275 Pingree Grove 19
275 Smithton 19
276 Oquawka 18
276 Riverwoods 18
276 Rockdale 18
276 St. Anne 18
277 Inverness 17
277 Monticello 17
277 Stockton 17
278 Forest View 16
279 Beardstown 15
279 Grafton 15
279 Milledgeville 15
279 Millstadt 15
279 Mount Sterling 15
279 Okawville 15
279 Pinckneyville 15
279 Ramsey 15
279 Thomasboro 15
280 Lacon 14
281 De Pue 13
281 Grant Park 13
281 Hampton 13
281 Meredosia 13
281 Oakwood Hills 13
281 Phoenix 13
282 Albany 12
282 Albion 12
282 Campton Hills 12
282 Findlay 12
282 Palestine 12
282 Pleasant Hill 12
283 Mount Olive 11
283 Moweaqua 11
283 Neoga 11
283 Orion 11
283 Pawnee 11
284 Cobden 10
284 Colchester 10
284 Godley 10
284 Herscher 10
285 Atwood 9
285 Cambridge 9
285 Granville 9
285 Greenfield 9
285 Loami 9
286 Ashland 8
286 Girard 8
286 Leland 8
286 Lovington 8
286 Oakwood 8
286 Oblong 8
286 South Pekin 8
286 Warrensburg 8
287 Brighton 7
287 Hanover 7
287 Homer 7
287 Irving 7
287 Irvington 7
287 Maroa 7
287 Ridge Farm 7
287 Round Lake Park 7
287 Teutopolis 7
287 Tower Lakes 7
287 Valmeyer 7
287 Wayne 7
288 Divernon 6
288 Fayetteville 6
288 Hopedale 6
288 Malta 6
288 Maple Park 6
288 Raleigh 6
288 Stonington 6
289 De Soto 5
289 Franklin Grove 5
289 Germantown 5
289 Kingston 5
289 Mount Pulaski 5
289 Pleasant Plains 5
289 Waverly 5
290 Hudson 4
290 Kincaid 4
290 Potomac 4
291 Marine 3
291 McLean 3
291 Norris City 3
292 Aviston 2
292 Barry 2
292 Blandinsville 2
292 Clayton 2
292 Fairmount 2
292 Rankin 2
292 Raymond 2
292 Ruma 2
292 Witt 2
293 Albers 1
293 Armington 1
293 Benld 1
293 Elizabeth 1
293 Gifford 1
293 Pierron 1
293 Pittsfield 1
293 Sidell 1
293 Tonica 1
293 Willisville 1
294 Belgium 0
294 Chebanse 0
294 Davis 0
294 Easton 0
294 Fithian 0
294 Glasford 0
294 Grantfork 0
294 Henning 0
294 Indianola 0
294 Norwood 0
294 Stronghurst 0
294 Virginia 0
294 Woodhull 0