Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017

Updated on October 15, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, East St. Louis had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (2,751.89), followed by Danville (1,740.63), Rockford (1,588.2), Centralia (1,464.47), and Mount Vernon (1,203.94).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2017, 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.

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 Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2017
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 East St. Louis 2751.89
2 Danville 1740.63
3 Rockford 1588.20
4 Centralia 1464.47
5 Mount Vernon 1203.94
6 Chicago 1098.86
7 Springfield 1054.79
8 Chicago Heights 941.04
9 Riverdale 897.47
10 Maywood 852.43
11 Matteson 837.39
12 Kankakee 799.54
13 Peoria 759.48
14 Granite City 754.65
15 Champaign 724.22
16 Sauk Village 691.11
17 Blue Island 689.57
18 Calumet City 646.43
19 Alton 633.13
20 Decatur 613.97
21 Quincy 575.22
22 Forest Park 537.63
23 Hazel Crest 533.49
24 Moline 532.80
25 Carbondale 516.71
26 Belleville 510.71
27 Zion 504.82
28 Cahokia 475.01
29 Mattoon 451.46
30 De Kalb 439.10
31 Bloomington 438.60
32 Country Club Hills 438.41
33 East Peoria 424.40
34 South Holland 422.37
35 Waukegan 410.15
36 Kewanee 395.61
37 Jacksonville 392.16
38 East Moline 388.52
39 Pekin 377.29
40 Bridgeview 376.24
41 Joliet 364.02
42 Cicero 363.62
43 Lansing 353.08
44 Rock Island 349.27
45 Loves Park 347.39
46 Oak Park 343.94
47 Pontiac 338.61
48 Urbana 337.36
49 Rantoul 320.54
50 North Chicago 314.69
51 Galesburg 312.10
52 Lincoln 309.64
53 Park Forest 308.05
54 Macomb 307.69
55 Bradley 305.10
56 Wood River 304.31
57 Richton Park 302.76
58 Fox Lake 297.16
59 Skokie 288.31
60 Fairview Heights 282.83
61 Melrose Park 281.80
62 Belvidere 276.10
63 Streator 275.88
64 Crest Hill 259.15
65 Aurora 258.43
66 Berwyn 253.62
67 Evergreen Park 244.90
68 Freeport 243.84
69 Elmwood Park 240.02
70 Summit 237.72
71 Canton 235.78
72 Normal 234.69
73 Bourbonnais 232.76
74 Midlothian 231.64
75 Herrin 230.42
76 Collinsville 224.61
77 Machesney Park 223.96
78 Sterling 222.63
79 Schiller Park 214.15
80 Charleston 209.36
81 Homewood 208.88
82 Burbank 204.32
83 Elgin 198.64
84 Ottawa 197.70
85 McHenry 192.16
86 River Forest 189.65
87 Antioch 189.58
88 Bolingbrook 187.44
89 Dixon 186.12
90 Hickory Hills 185.98
91 O'Fallon 185.66
92 Swansea 185.41
93 Sycamore 172.94
94 Oak Lawn 172.67
95 North Aurora 171.02
96 St. Charles 170.84
97 Evanston 162.78
98 Lincolnwood 159.81
99 Round Lake Beach 158.79
100 Montgomery 157.20
101 Gurnee 152.09
102 Oak Forest 151.29
103 Worth 150.07
104 Troy 148.15
105 Romeoville 146.06
106 Northlake 145.15
107 Westchester 145.14
108 Effingham 141.62
109 Bensenville 136.22
110 New Lenox 135.70
111 Morton 135.08
112 South Elgin 133.31
113 Villa Park 132.68
114 Carol Stream 132.11
115 Crystal Lake 131.75
116 Morris 129.78
117 Plainfield 126.58
118 Chicago Ridge 126.56
119 Batavia 124.88
120 Cary 118.19
121 Woodridge 116.23
122 Shiloh 114.56
123 Addison 111.16
124 Grayslake 110.48
125 La Grange 108.86
126 Elk Grove Village 106.40
127 Schaumburg 106.08
128 Hanover Park 105.12
129 Des Plaines 105.01
130 Shorewood 104.83
131 Alsip 104.51
132 Lyons 103.76
133 Round Lake 103.36
134 Chatham 103.24
135 West Chicago 102.87
136 Tinley Park 100.31
137 Wheeling 98.91
138 Prospect Heights 98.54
139 Lindenhurst 97.48
140 Hoffman Estates 96.70
141 Woodstock 95.52
142 Naperville 91.93
143 Rolling Meadows 91.65
144 Edwardsville 91.31
145 Libertyville 88.18
146 Lake in the Hills 86.81
147 Lombard 86.59
148 Carpentersville 85.98
149 Burr Ridge 83.23
150 Wood Dale 79.61
151 Barrington 77.60
152 Columbia 77.15
153 Glendale Heights 76.18
154 Norridge 75.95
155 Morton Grove 73.21
156 Glenview 73.00
157 Elmhurst 72.71
158 Bloomingdale 72.48
159 Channahon 71.41
160 Glen Ellyn 71.22
161 Wheaton 71.10
162 Downers Grove 70.62
163 River Grove 69.21
164 Mokena 68.89
165 Algonquin 67.53
166 Brookfield 64.12
167 Darien 63.40
168 Oswego 62.37
169 Westmont 60.53
170 Warrenville 60.36
171 Palatine 59.60
172 Orland Park 59.10
173 Arlington Heights 58.21
174 Palos Hills 57.48
175 Roselle 56.96
176 Winnetka 56.22
177 Glen Carbon 53.91
178 Mundelein 53.89
179 Washington 52.52
180 Yorkville 52.21
181 La Grange Park 51.99
182 Highland Park 50.65
183 Mount Prospect 46.16
184 Bartlett 46.15
185 Western Springs 44.56
186 Geneva 41.02
187 Palos Heights 40.25
188 Park Ridge 40.01
189 Vernon Hills 37.67
190 Frankfort 36.78
191 Lake Zurich 34.98
192 Lisle 34.78
193 Hinsdale 33.77
194 Northbrook 29.89
195 Lemont 29.35
196 Roscoe 28.63
197 Taylorville 28.12
198 Lockport 27.69
199 Plano 26.23
200 Deerfield 26.14
201 Buffalo Grove 24.20
202 Huntley 18.52
203 Homer Glen 16.32
204 Wilmette 14.68
205 Campton Hills 0.00