Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2016
Updated on January 9, 2025.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2016, the Illinois city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Chicago (117,676), followed by Rockford (8,087), Springfield (6,504), Peoria (5,365), and Aurora (3,519).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2016, and the table below shows the ranking of Illinois cities with high number of Total 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 Total 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 Number of Total Crimes in 2016
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| Rank | City | Number of Crimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago | 117676 |
| 2 | Rockford | 8087 |
| 3 | Springfield | 6504 |
| 4 | Peoria | 5365 |
| 5 | Aurora | 3519 |
| 6 | Champaign | 3466 |
| 7 | Joliet | 3353 |
| 8 | Decatur | 3065 |
| 9 | Waukegan | 2743 |
| 10 | Danville | 2403 |
| 11 | Cicero | 2005 |
| 12 | Lansing | 2001 |
| 13 | Belleville | 1921 |
| 14 | Elgin | 1811 |
| 14 | Evanston | 1811 |
| 15 | Schaumburg | 1763 |
| 16 | Skokie | 1720 |
| 17 | Urbana | 1713 |
| 18 | Naperville | 1683 |
| 19 | De Kalb | 1669 |
| 20 | Bloomington | 1665 |
| 21 | Moline | 1659 |
| 22 | Oak Park | 1606 |
| 23 | Calumet City | 1581 |
| 24 | Quincy | 1541 |
| 25 | Berwyn | 1408 |
| 26 | East St. Louis | 1370 |
| 27 | Orland Park | 1362 |
| 28 | Kankakee | 1313 |
| 29 | Gurnee | 1292 |
| 30 | Normal | 1225 |
| 31 | Alton | 1221 |
| 32 | Rock Island | 1206 |
| 33 | Galesburg | 1112 |
| 34 | Bolingbrook | 1105 |
| 35 | Oak Lawn | 1019 |
| 36 | Chicago Heights | 1017 |
| 37 | Lombard | 997 |
| 38 | Mount Vernon | 985 |
| 39 | Carbondale | 984 |
| 40 | Fairview Heights | 911 |
| 41 | Tinley Park | 816 |
| 42 | Pekin | 809 |
| 43 | Granite City | 800 |
| 44 | Collinsville | 791 |
| 45 | Zion | 786 |
| 46 | Arlington Heights | 783 |
| 47 | Maywood | 739 |
| 48 | Cahokia | 738 |
| 49 | Niles | 732 |
| 50 | East Peoria | 731 |
| 51 | Addison | 705 |
| 52 | Freeport | 704 |
| 53 | Carpentersville | 702 |
| 54 | Downers Grove | 687 |
| 55 | Blue Island | 683 |
| 56 | Crystal Lake | 671 |
| 57 | Romeoville | 670 |
| 58 | Jacksonville | 664 |
| 59 | East Moline | 663 |
| 60 | Glenview | 654 |
| 61 | Matteson | 646 |
| 62 | Evergreen Park | 643 |
| 62 | Machesney Park | 643 |
| 63 | Palatine | 638 |
| 64 | Round Lake Beach | 620 |
| 65 | Homewood | 608 |
| 66 | Chicago Ridge | 605 |
| 67 | Glendale Heights | 601 |
| 68 | Mount Prospect | 596 |
| 69 | Des Plaines | 588 |
| 70 | Forest Park | 573 |
| 71 | Oak Brook | 572 |
| 72 | Alsip | 566 |
| 73 | O'Fallon | 563 |
| 73 | South Holland | 563 |
| 74 | Elmhurst | 562 |
| 75 | Hazel Crest | 553 |
| 75 | Sterling | 553 |
| 76 | Bradley | 552 |
| 77 | Elk Grove Village | 536 |
| 78 | Loves Park | 535 |
| 79 | Bellwood | 511 |
| 80 | North Riverside | 501 |
| 81 | Bridgeview | 499 |
| 82 | Murphysboro | 494 |
| 83 | Country Club Hills | 492 |
| 83 | Herrin | 492 |
| 84 | Woodridge | 486 |
| 85 | Hoffman Estates | 484 |
| 86 | St. Charles | 478 |
| 87 | Lincolnwood | 476 |
| 88 | Burbank | 475 |
| 89 | Wheeling | 472 |
| 90 | Kewanee | 462 |
| 91 | Mattoon | 447 |
| 92 | Batavia | 446 |
| 93 | McHenry | 443 |
| 94 | Woodstock | 439 |
| 95 | Park Forest | 432 |
| 96 | Norridge | 427 |
| 97 | Oswego | 417 |
| 98 | Ottawa | 416 |
| 99 | Effingham | 414 |
| 100 | Midlothian | 411 |
| 101 | Wood River | 408 |
| 102 | Streator | 403 |
| 103 | Salem | 402 |
| 104 | Broadview | 401 |
| 105 | Vernon Hills | 398 |
| 106 | Rantoul | 395 |
| 107 | Algonquin | 394 |
| 108 | Northbrook | 393 |
| 109 | Park Ridge | 390 |
| 109 | Rosemont | 390 |
| 110 | Bourbonnais | 373 |
| 110 | Darien | 373 |
| 110 | Grayslake | 373 |
| 111 | Melrose Park | 372 |
| 112 | Elmwood Park | 371 |
| 113 | Plainfield | 369 |
| 114 | Macomb | 367 |
| 115 | Lincoln | 365 |
| 115 | Wheaton | 365 |
| 116 | Villa Park | 364 |
| 117 | Richton Park | 357 |
| 118 | Belvidere | 351 |
| 119 | Montgomery | 350 |
| 120 | Carol Stream | 347 |
| 121 | Oak Forest | 343 |
| 122 | Olney | 336 |
| 123 | West Chicago | 329 |
| 124 | New Lenox | 327 |
| 125 | Morris | 325 |
| 126 | Wilmette | 322 |
| 127 | Edwardsville | 321 |
| 128 | Silvis | 319 |
| 129 | Mundelein | 318 |
| 130 | Westmont | 316 |
| 131 | Bensenville | 312 |
| 132 | Steger | 310 |
| 133 | River Forest | 308 |
| 134 | Rolling Meadows | 300 |
| 135 | Hanover Park | 295 |
| 136 | Dixon | 292 |
| 137 | South Elgin | 289 |
| 138 | Highland Park | 286 |
| 139 | Bartlett | 285 |
| 139 | Brookfield | 285 |
| 139 | Jerseyville | 285 |
| 140 | Swansea | 282 |
| 141 | Metropolis | 281 |
| 141 | Westchester | 281 |
| 142 | Libertyville | 276 |
| 143 | Sycamore | 274 |
| 144 | Glen Ellyn | 272 |
| 145 | Lake Zurich | 268 |
| 145 | Northlake | 268 |
| 146 | Mokena | 266 |
| 147 | Centreville | 263 |
| 148 | North Aurora | 262 |
| 149 | Cherry Valley | 258 |
| 149 | Summit | 258 |
| 150 | Shiloh | 253 |
| 151 | Harrisburg | 250 |
| 151 | Pontiac | 250 |
| 152 | Schiller Park | 248 |
| 153 | Franklin Park | 244 |
| 154 | Crest Hill | 243 |
| 155 | Hodgkins | 232 |
| 156 | Monmouth | 231 |
| 157 | Antioch | 226 |
| 158 | Carlinville | 222 |
| 159 | Buffalo Grove | 221 |
| 159 | Huntley | 221 |
| 160 | Lisle | 220 |
| 161 | Morton Grove | 219 |
| 162 | Lockport | 217 |
| 163 | La Grange | 211 |
| 163 | Roselle | 211 |
| 164 | Canton | 210 |
| 165 | Bartonville | 209 |
| 166 | Countryside | 207 |
| 167 | Shorewood | 203 |
| 168 | Geneva | 202 |
| 169 | Charleston | 201 |
| 170 | Creve Coeur | 199 |
| 170 | West Frankfort | 199 |
| 171 | Mount Carmel | 198 |
| 172 | Frankfort | 193 |
| 173 | Washington | 192 |
| 174 | Wood Dale | 191 |
| 175 | La Salle | 190 |
| 176 | Hoopeston | 188 |
| 177 | Hinsdale | 186 |
| 177 | Litchfield | 186 |
| 178 | Yorkville | 184 |
| 179 | East Alton | 183 |
| 180 | Peoria Heights | 179 |
| 181 | South Chicago Heights | 177 |
| 182 | Sauk Village | 174 |
| 183 | Peru | 172 |
| 184 | Lake in the Hills | 171 |
| 184 | Rockton | 171 |
| 185 | Willowbrook | 170 |
| 186 | Watseka | 168 |
| 187 | Cairo | 164 |
| 188 | Morton | 161 |
| 189 | Fox Lake | 160 |
| 189 | River Grove | 160 |
| 190 | Crete | 156 |
| 190 | Hickory Hills | 156 |
| 190 | Paris | 156 |
| 191 | Rock Falls | 154 |
| 192 | Eldorado | 153 |
| 193 | Glenwood | 152 |
| 193 | Round Lake | 152 |
| 194 | Olympia Fields | 150 |
| 195 | Lemont | 146 |
| 196 | Warrenville | 143 |
| 197 | Taylorville | 140 |
| 198 | Roscoe | 139 |
| 198 | Worth | 139 |
| 199 | Robinson | 138 |
| 200 | Caseyville | 137 |
| 200 | Milan | 137 |
| 201 | Flossmoor | 136 |
| 201 | Lyons | 136 |
| 202 | South Beloit | 135 |
| 203 | Johnsburg | 132 |
| 203 | Riverside | 132 |
| 204 | Fairfield | 131 |
| 205 | Deerfield | 128 |
| 206 | Anna | 127 |
| 206 | Chillicothe | 127 |
| 207 | Prospect Heights | 126 |
| 208 | Bethalto | 124 |
| 208 | Greenville | 124 |
| 209 | Homer Glen | 122 |
| 209 | Pontoon Beach | 122 |
| 210 | Harvard | 121 |
| 211 | Princeton | 119 |
| 212 | Lake Forest | 116 |
| 212 | Posen | 116 |
| 213 | Dupo | 114 |
| 213 | Marseilles | 114 |
| 214 | Oakbrook Terrace | 113 |
| 214 | Oregon | 113 |
| 214 | Park City | 113 |
| 215 | Burnham | 109 |
| 215 | Glen Carbon | 109 |
| 216 | La Grange Park | 108 |
| 216 | Plano | 108 |
| 217 | West Dundee | 107 |
| 218 | Pana | 105 |
| 218 | Virden | 105 |
| 219 | Gilman | 103 |
| 220 | Georgetown | 100 |
| 220 | Palos Hills | 100 |
| 221 | Berkeley | 97 |
| 221 | Tuscola | 97 |
| 222 | Cary | 96 |
| 223 | Mendota | 95 |
| 224 | Lawrenceville | 94 |
| 225 | Savanna | 93 |
| 226 | Winnetka | 92 |
| 227 | Burr Ridge | 91 |
| 227 | Geneseo | 91 |
| 228 | Palos Heights | 90 |
| 229 | Flora | 88 |
| 229 | Round Lake Park | 88 |
| 229 | Troy | 88 |
| 230 | Chatham | 87 |
| 231 | West City | 85 |
| 232 | Hillsboro | 84 |
| 232 | Riverton | 84 |
| 233 | Nashville | 81 |
| 233 | Spring Valley | 81 |
| 234 | Columbia | 80 |
| 234 | Du Quoin | 80 |
| 234 | Itasca | 80 |
| 234 | Stickney | 80 |
| 235 | Auburn | 79 |
| 235 | Barrington | 79 |
| 236 | Coal City | 77 |
| 237 | Staunton | 76 |
| 238 | Lindenhurst | 75 |
| 238 | Marengo | 75 |
| 239 | Havana | 74 |
| 240 | Paxton | 73 |
| 241 | Braidwood | 72 |
| 241 | Chester | 72 |
| 242 | East Dundee | 71 |
| 242 | Fox River Grove | 71 |
| 243 | Dwight | 70 |
| 244 | Carlyle | 69 |
| 244 | Pittsfield | 69 |
| 245 | Farmington | 68 |
| 245 | Island Lake | 68 |
| 245 | Sauget | 68 |
| 246 | Colona | 67 |
| 247 | Eureka | 66 |
| 248 | Fulton | 65 |
| 248 | South Roxana | 65 |
| 248 | Tilton | 65 |
| 248 | Wilmington | 65 |
| 249 | Carterville | 63 |
| 249 | Lebanon | 63 |
| 250 | Beardstown | 62 |
| 251 | Winfield | 61 |
| 252 | Lake Bluff | 60 |
| 253 | Lake Villa | 59 |
| 254 | St. Elmo | 58 |
| 255 | Delavan | 57 |
| 255 | Goodfield | 57 |
| 255 | Phoenix | 57 |
| 256 | Sandwich | 56 |
| 257 | Coal Valley | 55 |
| 257 | Grayville | 55 |
| 257 | Marissa | 55 |
| 258 | East Hazel Crest | 54 |
| 258 | Maryville | 54 |
| 258 | Monee | 54 |
| 259 | Byron | 53 |
| 259 | Cortland | 53 |
| 259 | Newton | 53 |
| 260 | Forest View | 52 |
| 260 | Monticello | 52 |
| 261 | Gillespie | 51 |
| 261 | Winnebago | 51 |
| 262 | Orland Hills | 50 |
| 263 | Henry | 49 |
| 263 | South Barrington | 49 |
| 264 | Mascoutah | 47 |
| 264 | Stockton | 47 |
| 265 | Fairbury | 46 |
| 265 | Galena | 46 |
| 265 | Gibson City | 46 |
| 265 | Oglesby | 46 |
| 265 | St. Anne | 46 |
| 266 | Breese | 45 |
| 266 | Hampshire | 45 |
| 266 | Hometown | 45 |
| 266 | Morrison | 45 |
| 267 | Winthrop Harbor | 43 |
| 268 | Carrollton | 42 |
| 268 | Nokomis | 42 |
| 268 | Sandoval | 42 |
| 269 | El Paso | 41 |
| 269 | Marshall | 41 |
| 269 | Northfield | 41 |
| 269 | Thornton | 41 |
| 270 | Highwood | 40 |
| 271 | Albany | 39 |
| 271 | Campton Hills | 39 |
| 271 | Clarendon Hills | 39 |
| 272 | Freeburg | 38 |
| 272 | Spring Grove | 38 |
| 272 | White Hall | 38 |
| 273 | Aledo | 37 |
| 273 | East Dubuque | 37 |
| 273 | Fisher | 37 |
| 273 | Roxana | 37 |
| 273 | Waterloo | 37 |
| 273 | Westville | 37 |
| 274 | Mahomet | 36 |
| 274 | Western Springs | 36 |
| 275 | Channahon | 35 |
| 275 | Le Roy | 35 |
| 275 | Wonder Lake | 35 |
| 276 | Altamont | 34 |
| 276 | Manhattan | 34 |
| 276 | Palos Park | 34 |
| 276 | Rushville | 34 |
| 276 | Tolono | 34 |
| 277 | Elburn | 33 |
| 277 | Greenup | 33 |
| 277 | Indian Head Park | 33 |
| 277 | Lincolnshire | 33 |
| 278 | De Soto | 32 |
| 279 | Earlville | 31 |
| 279 | New Baden | 31 |
| 279 | Willow Springs | 31 |
| 280 | Beecher | 30 |
| 280 | Grandview | 30 |
| 280 | Jerome | 30 |
| 280 | Mount Carroll | 30 |
| 280 | Pinckneyville | 30 |
| 281 | Hampton | 29 |
| 281 | Riverwoods | 29 |
| 281 | Round Lake Heights | 29 |
| 282 | Palestine | 28 |
| 283 | Arthur | 25 |
| 283 | Athens | 25 |
| 283 | Barry | 25 |
| 283 | Gilberts | 25 |
| 283 | Kincaid | 25 |
| 283 | Kirkland | 25 |
| 283 | Pingree Grove | 25 |
| 284 | Amboy | 24 |
| 284 | Elmwood | 24 |
| 284 | Lakemoor | 24 |
| 284 | Mount Zion | 24 |
| 285 | Barrington Hills | 23 |
| 285 | Maroa | 23 |
| 285 | Minier | 23 |
| 286 | Chenoa | 22 |
| 286 | Milledgeville | 22 |
| 286 | Oblong | 22 |
| 287 | Carthage | 21 |
| 287 | Hartford | 21 |
| 287 | Kildeer | 21 |
| 287 | McCook | 21 |
| 287 | Millstadt | 21 |
| 287 | Oakwood Hills | 21 |
| 287 | Richmond | 21 |
| 288 | Cambridge | 20 |
| 288 | Christopher | 20 |
| 288 | De Pue | 20 |
| 288 | Mount Morris | 20 |
| 288 | Okawville | 20 |
| 288 | Peotone | 20 |
| 288 | Zeigler | 20 |
| 289 | Fairmont City | 19 |
| 289 | Girard | 19 |
| 289 | New Athens | 19 |
| 290 | Bunker Hill | 18 |
| 290 | Greenfield | 18 |
| 290 | Hinckley | 18 |
| 290 | La Harpe | 18 |
| 290 | Sherman | 18 |
| 290 | Warsaw | 18 |
| 291 | Assumption | 17 |
| 291 | Cobden | 17 |
| 291 | Loami | 17 |
| 291 | Marquette Heights | 17 |
| 291 | Oakwood | 17 |
| 291 | Shawneetown | 17 |
| 292 | Energy | 16 |
| 292 | Smithton | 16 |
| 292 | South Pekin | 16 |
| 293 | Brighton | 15 |
| 293 | Martinsville | 15 |
| 293 | Red Bud | 15 |
| 293 | Yates City | 15 |
| 294 | Bannockburn | 14 |
| 295 | Hudson | 13 |
| 295 | Rochester | 13 |
| 295 | Toluca | 13 |
| 296 | Alexis | 12 |
| 296 | Erie | 12 |
| 296 | Kenilworth | 12 |
| 296 | Pleasant Hill | 12 |
| 296 | Wayne | 12 |
| 297 | Catlin | 11 |
| 297 | Divernon | 11 |
| 297 | Hopedale | 11 |
| 297 | Lovington | 11 |
| 297 | Royalton | 11 |
| 298 | Annawan | 10 |
| 298 | Cambria | 10 |
| 298 | East Carondelet | 10 |
| 298 | Grafton | 10 |
| 298 | Herscher | 10 |
| 298 | Lacon | 10 |
| 298 | McLean | 10 |
| 298 | Sleepy Hollow | 10 |
| 298 | Warrensburg | 10 |
| 299 | Franklin Grove | 9 |
| 299 | Germantown | 9 |
| 299 | Ridge Farm | 9 |
| 299 | Valmeyer | 9 |
| 300 | Hawthorn Woods | 8 |
| 300 | Ina | 8 |
| 300 | Moweaqua | 8 |
| 301 | Deer Creek | 7 |
| 301 | Findlay | 7 |
| 301 | Hanover | 7 |
| 301 | Lanark | 7 |
| 301 | Tonica | 7 |
| 301 | Vienna | 7 |
| 302 | Aviston | 6 |
| 302 | Kingston | 6 |
| 302 | Ladd | 6 |
| 302 | Mount Pulaski | 6 |
| 302 | Onarga | 6 |
| 302 | Orion | 6 |
| 302 | Waverly | 6 |
| 303 | Ashland | 5 |
| 303 | Cowden | 5 |
| 303 | Diamond | 5 |
| 303 | Gifford | 5 |
| 303 | Godley | 5 |
| 303 | Mount Olive | 5 |
| 303 | Rockdale | 5 |
| 304 | Edinburg | 4 |
| 304 | Elizabeth | 4 |
| 304 | Lenzburg | 4 |
| 304 | Witt | 4 |
| 305 | Blandinsville | 3 |
| 305 | Glasford | 3 |
| 305 | Homer | 3 |
| 305 | Maple Park | 3 |
| 305 | Pawnee | 3 |
| 305 | Raleigh | 3 |
| 305 | Walnut | 3 |
| 306 | Belgium | 2 |
| 306 | Hillsdale | 2 |
| 306 | Pleasant Plains | 2 |
| 306 | Stanford | 2 |
| 307 | Camp Point | 1 |
| 307 | Fairmount | 1 |
| 307 | Golf | 1 |
| 307 | Marine | 1 |
| 307 | Potomac | 1 |
| 307 | Ruma | 1 |
| 307 | Tower Lakes | 1 |
| 307 | Warren | 1 |
| 308 | Bluffs | 0 |
| 308 | Colchester | 0 |
| 308 | Davis | 0 |
| 308 | Fithian | 0 |
| 308 | Grantfork | 0 |
| 308 | Henning | 0 |
| 308 | Indianola | 0 |
| 308 | Malta | 0 |
| 308 | McCullom Lake | 0 |
| 308 | Pierron | 0 |
| 308 | Prophetstown | 0 |
| 308 | Rankin | 0 |
| 308 | Shannon | 0 |
| 308 | Sidell | 0 |