Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018

Updated on January 9, 2025.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2018, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, Danville had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,791.49), followed by Mount Vernon (1,528.77), Rockford (1,386.48), Centralia (1,268.99), and East St. Louis (1,190.39).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2018, 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.

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Related Topics: Illinois FBI UCR 2018 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018

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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2018

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Rank	City	Crime Rate Per 100K
1	Danville	1791.49
2	Mount Vernon	1528.77
3	Rockford	1386.48
4	Centralia	1268.99
5	East St. Louis	1190.39
6	Chicago	1006.09
7	Kankakee	883.53
8	Chicago Heights	871.55
9	Springfield	833.17
10	Granite City	765.92
11	Peoria	763.80
12	Riverdale	743.13
13	Champaign	681.57
14	Alton	643.75
15	Quincy	626.10
16	Zion	619.64
17	Wood River	577.87
18	Maywood	572.69
19	Mattoon	556.37
20	Moline	542.20
21	Cahokia	535.56
22	DeKalb	529.45
23	Calumet City	511.49
24	East Peoria	503.53
25	Decatur	499.83
26	Forest Park	474.17
27	Bloomington	434.08
28	Carbondale	429.97
29	Country Club Hills	428.62
30	Pekin	417.93
31	Belleville	414.21
32	Richton Park	407.86
33	Fairview Heights	405.67
34	Waukegan	405.58
35	Sauk Village	402.45
36	Blue Island	398.97
37	Cicero	381.49
38	Lincoln	378.90
39	Hazel Crest	376.51
40	Loves Park	369.08
41	Urbana	356.90
42	Jacksonville	354.80
43	Summit	353.67
44	Berwyn	344.82
45	Effingham	340.62
46	Pontiac	339.13
47	Melrose Park	337.78
48	Joliet	327.16
49	Lansing	315.37
50	South Holland	313.51
51	Macomb	308.98
52	Kewanee	281.96
53	Park Forest	281.94
54	Evergreen Park	276.97
55	O'Fallon	275.94
56	Rantoul	274.70
57	Herrin	270.69
58	Skokie	269.39
59	Aurora	267.18
60	Franklin Park	261.58
61	Rock Island	260.63
62	Machesney Park	251.91
63	Worth	244.32
64	Homewood	241.39
65	Belvidere	238.84
66	Streator	237.77
67	Sterling	231.70
68	Elmwood Park	220.53
69	Oak Park	219.83
70	Normal	218.25
71	Dixon	211.51
72	Burbank	208.54
73	Elgin	207.85
74	Freeport	205.13
75	Crest Hill	197.92
76	Evanston	187.22
77	Bridgeview	183.86
78	Bourbonnais	179.47
79	McHenry	178.49
80	Midlothian	178.00
81	Washington	175.97
82	Shiloh	167.08
83	Addison	165.80
84	Fox Lake	161.37
85	Prospect Heights	154.64
86	Bolingbrook	148.44
87	Romeoville	146.37
88	Schiller Park	146.34
89	Bloomingdale	145.40
90	Oak Lawn	144.65
91	Gurnee	143.33
92	Chatham	140.96
93	Antioch	140.84
94	Charleston	138.90
95	Norridge	138.74
96	St. Charles	137.35
97	Oak Forest	133.85
98	New Lenox	130.09
99	North Aurora	129.94
100	Grayslake	128.92
101	Batavia	127.75
102	Lemont	127.73
103	Troy	127.25
104	Chicago Ridge	127.06
105	Alsip	125.98
106	River Forest	125.84
107	West Chicago	125.12
108	Waterloo	124.90
109	Villa Park	123.82
110	Round Lake Beach	123.48
111	Plainfield	121.28
112	Lincolnwood	120.32
113	Lombard	118.74
114	Westchester	115.69
115	Niles	115.52
116	Hickory Hills	114.83
117	Darien	113.36
118	Hanover Park	113.24
119	Cary	112.17
120	Bradley	111.32
121	Lake In the Hills	110.64
122	Morton	110.42
123	Bensenville	109.15
124	Morris	108.12
125	South Elgin	106.07
126	Lyons	104.14
127	Palos Hills	103.82
128	Swansea	103.66
129	Downers Grove	98.74
130	Warrenville	97.89
131	Round Lake	97.54
132	La Grange	96.26
133	Roscoe	95.55
134	Woodridge	95.01
135	Woodstock	94.66
136	Crystal Lake	94.19
137	Hoffman Estates	93.18
138	Yorkville	91.14
139	Lindenhurst	89.97
140	Carpentersville	88.96
141	Algonquin	86.66
142	Mundelein	85.89
143	Montgomery	85.44
144	Ottawa	82.89
145	Carol Stream	82.46
146	Schaumburg	82.25
147	Northlake	80.85
148	Highland Park	80.63
149	Shorewood	80.08
150	Plano	76.98
151	Westmont	76.72
152	Glen Ellyn	74.79
153	Wheaton	73.01
154	Wood Dale	72.46
155	Glenview	70.70
156	Elk Grove Village	70.29
157	Channahon	70.11
158	Wheeling	69.79
159	Lisle	69.67
160	Glen Carbon	69.28
161	Naperville	68.71
162	Des Plaines	67.06
163	Lockport	66.64
164	Taylorville	66.26
165	Rolling Meadows	62.58
166	Mount Prospect	59.38
167	Vernon Hills	56.76
168	Park Ridge	56.02
169	Sycamore	55.26
170	Justice	54.59
171	Mokena	53.64
172	Glendale Heights	52.90
173	Edwardsville	51.89
174	Bartlett	51.05
175	Elmhurst	48.91
176	Oswego	47.92
177	Wilmette	47.33
178	Frankfort	46.91
179	Morton Grove	43.25
180	Palatine	40.79
181	Tinley Park	40.61
182	Roselle	39.48
183	La Grange Park	37.28
184	Arlington Heights	36.99
185	Homer Glen	36.53
186	Orland Park	33.86
187	Huntley	32.57
188	Burr Ridge	27.65
189	Geneva	27.17
190	Lake Zurich	25.09
191	Palos Heights	24.22
192	Winnetka	23.97
193	Deerfield	21.00
194	Northbrook	17.95
195	Buffalo Grove	17.00
196	Western Springs	14.76
197	Hinsdale	11.22
198	Barrington	9.72
199	Campton Hills	8.85