Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
Updated on November 28, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, East St. Louis had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,827.9), followed by Rockford (1,658.49), Danville (1,572.14), Mount Vernon (1,288.78), and Springfield (1,116.14).
The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.
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 Violent 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.
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Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2016
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | East St. Louis | 2827.90 |
| 2 | Rockford | 1658.49 |
| 3 | Danville | 1572.14 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 1288.78 |
| 5 | Springfield | 1116.14 |
| 6 | Chicago | 1105.48 |
| 7 | Kankakee | 765.78 |
| 8 | Peoria | 760.22 |
| 9 | Champaign | 717.81 |
| 10 | Zion | 702.21 |
| 11 | Maywood | 687.67 |
| 12 | Granite City | 660.92 |
| 13 | Belleville | 607.62 |
| 14 | Chicago Heights | 578.07 |
| 15 | Calumet City | 569.93 |
| 16 | Decatur | 539.25 |
| 17 | Alton | 533.01 |
| 18 | Bellwood | 532.22 |
| 19 | Carbondale | 523.26 |
| 20 | De Kalb | 518.20 |
| 21 | Sauk Village | 514.83 |
| 22 | Quincy | 512.27 |
| 23 | Waukegan | 508.28 |
| 24 | Blue Island | 486.53 |
| 25 | Moline | 460.99 |
| 26 | Cahokia | 449.38 |
| 27 | Country Club Hills | 439.33 |
| 28 | Hazel Crest | 432.04 |
| 29 | East Moline | 426.05 |
| 30 | Richton Park | 423.30 |
| 31 | East Peoria | 421.59 |
| 32 | Pekin | 420.55 |
| 33 | Rock Island | 409.93 |
| 34 | Rantoul | 407.13 |
| 35 | Galesburg | 398.80 |
| 36 | Lansing | 398.63 |
| 37 | Macomb | 391.26 |
| 38 | Bloomington | 390.57 |
| 39 | Mattoon | 388.33 |
| 40 | Urbana | 381.53 |
| 41 | South Holland | 376.55 |
| 42 | Charleston | 374.99 |
| 43 | Matteson | 369.29 |
| 44 | Wood River | 361.86 |
| 45 | Park Forest | 341.73 |
| 46 | Loves Park | 338.34 |
| 47 | Machesney Park | 333.10 |
| 48 | Summit | 331.68 |
| 49 | Joliet | 329.98 |
| 50 | Forest Park | 325.94 |
| 51 | Jacksonville | 320.40 |
| 52 | Cicero | 315.01 |
| 53 | Aurora | 313.68 |
| 54 | Kewanee | 304.98 |
| 55 | Berwyn | 301.93 |
| 56 | Herrin | 300.35 |
| 57 | Bridgeview | 292.74 |
| 58 | Lincoln | 274.03 |
| 59 | Normal | 263.12 |
| 60 | Effingham | 260.66 |
| 61 | Sterling | 260.30 |
| 62 | Belvidere | 259.49 |
| 63 | Bradley | 257.05 |
| 64 | Midlothian | 249.16 |
| 65 | Streator | 244.61 |
| 66 | Fairview Heights | 244.44 |
| 67 | Skokie | 243.76 |
| 68 | Burbank | 240.01 |
| 69 | Worth | 222.61 |
| 70 | Shiloh | 222.12 |
| 71 | Pontiac | 220.88 |
| 72 | Collinsville | 215.46 |
| 73 | Bolingbrook | 212.16 |
| 74 | Elgin | 209.06 |
| 75 | Evergreen Park | 206.70 |
| 76 | Oak Park | 206.25 |
| 77 | Chicago Ridge | 201.63 |
| 78 | Melrose Park | 201.03 |
| 79 | Freeport | 197.88 |
| 80 | Homewood | 196.09 |
| 81 | Antioch | 174.80 |
| 82 | Evanston | 171.69 |
| 83 | Shorewood | 170.91 |
| 84 | Elmwood Park | 169.16 |
| 85 | Fox Lake | 161.98 |
| 86 | Schiller Park | 160.92 |
| 87 | Lincolnwood | 158.04 |
| 88 | O'Fallon | 154.85 |
| 89 | River Forest | 151.75 |
| 90 | McHenry | 150.48 |
| 91 | Oak Forest | 149.53 |
| 92 | Troy | 149.06 |
| 93 | Franklin Park | 147.49 |
| 94 | Swansea | 140.40 |
| 95 | Oak Lawn | 139.11 |
| 96 | Morris | 137.86 |
| 97 | Westchester | 137.49 |
| 98 | Round Lake Beach | 136.71 |
| 99 | Woodstock | 134.60 |
| 100 | Addison | 134.24 |
| 101 | Crest Hill | 132.01 |
| 102 | Edwardsville | 131.30 |
| 103 | Dixon | 131.18 |
| 104 | St. Charles | 131.12 |
| 105 | Northlake | 130.00 |
| 106 | Chatham | 128.03 |
| 107 | Ottawa | 125.94 |
| 108 | Grayslake | 124.31 |
| 109 | West Chicago | 123.68 |
| 110 | Wheeling | 123.17 |
| 111 | Lyons | 121.28 |
| 112 | South Elgin | 120.34 |
| 113 | Hickory Hills | 120.28 |
| 114 | North Aurora | 119.33 |
| 115 | Prospect Heights | 115.78 |
| 116 | Lombard | 113.98 |
| 117 | Bensenville | 113.80 |
| 118 | Romeoville | 113.27 |
| 119 | Cary | 111.71 |
| 120 | Woodridge | 110.64 |
| 121 | Crystal Lake | 108.98 |
| 122 | Bourbonnais | 107.81 |
| 123 | River Grove | 107.67 |
| 124 | Hoffman Estates | 105.41 |
| 125 | Villa Park | 104.66 |
| 126 | Round Lake | 102.79 |
| 127 | Hanover Park | 101.56 |
| 128 | Canton | 99.18 |
| 129 | Schaumburg | 98.97 |
| 130 | Alsip | 98.16 |
| 131 | Batavia | 97.90 |
| 132 | Niles | 97.04 |
| 133 | New Lenox | 95.84 |
| 134 | Glen Ellyn | 91.93 |
| 135 | Montgomery | 91.36 |
| 136 | Palos Hills | 91.02 |
| 137 | Carol Stream | 88.95 |
| 138 | La Grange | 88.87 |
| 138 | Norridge | 88.87 |
| 139 | Westmont | 88.03 |
| 140 | Lockport | 87.22 |
| 141 | Glendale Heights | 87.03 |
| 142 | Plainfield | 85.92 |
| 143 | Morton | 85.84 |
| 144 | Roscoe | 85.53 |
| 145 | Glenview | 85.40 |
| 146 | Tinley Park | 83.90 |
| 147 | Lake in the Hills | 82.70 |
| 148 | Washington | 82.52 |
| 149 | Warrenville | 82.45 |
| 150 | Carpentersville | 80.18 |
| 151 | Brookfield | 79.22 |
| 152 | Roselle | 78.14 |
| 153 | Bartlett | 76.92 |
| 154 | Des Plaines | 76.63 |
| 155 | Arlington Heights | 76.24 |
| 156 | Mundelein | 75.75 |
| 157 | Elk Grove Village | 75.18 |
| 158 | Gurnee | 74.16 |
| 159 | Oswego | 72.09 |
| 160 | Vernon Hills | 71.50 |
| 161 | Highland Park | 70.62 |
| 162 | Yorkville | 69.33 |
| 163 | Sycamore | 67.61 |
| 164 | Downers Grove | 66.14 |
| 165 | Rolling Meadows | 66.10 |
| 166 | Naperville | 62.13 |
| 167 | Wheaton | 59.43 |
| 168 | Elmhurst | 56.13 |
| 169 | Lake Zurich | 54.86 |
| 170 | Palatine | 53.28 |
| 171 | Geneva | 50.31 |
| 172 | Mount Prospect | 47.41 |
| 173 | Morton Grove | 46.85 |
| 174 | Glen Carbon | 46.26 |
| 175 | Wood Dale | 43.03 |
| 176 | Frankfort | 42.50 |
| 177 | Orland Park | 42.37 |
| 178 | Wilmette | 40.04 |
| 179 | Winnetka | 39.92 |
| 180 | Algonquin | 39.12 |
| 181 | Libertyville | 39.11 |
| 182 | Lisle | 39.02 |
| 183 | Taylorville | 37.05 |
| 184 | Lemont | 35.45 |
| 185 | Campton Hills | 35.12 |
| 186 | Northbrook | 32.60 |
| 187 | Park Ridge | 31.74 |
| 188 | Buffalo Grove | 31.32 |
| 189 | Waterloo | 29.17 |
| 190 | Barrington | 28.97 |
| 191 | Hinsdale | 28.11 |
| 192 | Darien | 26.92 |
| 193 | Huntley | 26.57 |
| 194 | Deerfield | 26.07 |
| 195 | Mokena | 24.81 |
| 196 | Homer Glen | 24.57 |
| 197 | La Grange Park | 22.04 |
| 198 | Lindenhurst | 20.82 |
| 199 | Lake Forest | 20.61 |
| 200 | Burr Ridge | 18.41 |
| 201 | Palos Heights | 15.94 |
| 202 | Columbia | 9.72 |
| 203 | Channahon | 7.94 |
| 204 | Plano | 0.00 |
| 204 | Western Springs | 0.00 |