Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2020
Updated on October 22, 2023.
According to the FBI UCR data, in 2020, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, Danville had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,671.74), followed by Rockford (1,451.02), Centralia (1,311.56), Mount Vernon (1,165.64), and Chicago (986.9).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2020, 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 2020
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| Rank | City | Crime Rate Per 100K |
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| 1 | Danville | 1671.74 |
| 2 | Rockford | 1451.02 |
| 3 | Centralia | 1311.56 |
| 4 | Mount Vernon | 1165.64 |
| 5 | Chicago | 986.90 |
| 6 | Peoria | 986.14 |
| 7 | Matteson | 949.01 |
| 8 | Springfield | 946.35 |
| 9 | Kankakee | 943.43 |
| 10 | Maywood | 941.23 |
| 11 | Champaign | 921.09 |
| 12 | Alton | 829.91 |
| 13 | Bellwood | 794.46 |
| 14 | Granite City | 779.07 |
| 15 | Marion | 774.89 |
| 16 | Carbondale | 725.95 |
| 17 | Chicago Heights | 701.89 |
| 18 | Decatur | 696.83 |
| 19 | Cahokia | 684.23 |
| 20 | Riverdale | 667.95 |
| 21 | Zion | 620.00 |
| 22 | Markham | 602.17 |
| 23 | DeKalb | 590.03 |
| 24 | Belleville | 582.18 |
| 25 | Rock Island | 575.97 |
| 26 | Effingham | 574.58 |
| 27 | Moline | 496.01 |
| 28 | Quincy | 494.23 |
| 29 | Alsip | 493.40 |
| 30 | Galesburg | 480.24 |
| 31 | East Moline | 442.33 |
| 32 | Calumet City | 441.60 |
| 33 | Summit | 431.54 |
| 34 | Lansing | 424.96 |
| 35 | Bloomington | 405.76 |
| 36 | Cicero | 404.13 |
| 37 | Oak Park | 369.98 |
| 38 | Loves Park | 369.05 |
| 39 | Waukegan | 368.56 |
| 40 | Herrin | 362.09 |
| 41 | Jacksonville | 361.87 |
| 42 | Freeport | 343.47 |
| 43 | Evergreen Park | 340.85 |
| 44 | Aurora | 333.32 |
| 45 | Melrose Park | 333.01 |
| 46 | Hazel Crest | 325.56 |
| 47 | Mattoon | 319.74 |
| 48 | Pontiac | 304.01 |
| 49 | Park Forest | 302.96 |
| 50 | Richton Park | 294.34 |
| 51 | Burbank | 294.15 |
| 52 | Crest Hill | 280.40 |
| 53 | South Holland | 278.07 |
| 54 | Bourbonnais | 265.97 |
| 55 | Sterling | 264.61 |
| 56 | Country Club Hills | 255.35 |
| 57 | Bridgeview | 249.13 |
| 58 | O'Fallon | 242.65 |
| 59 | Elgin | 233.97 |
| 60 | Taylorville | 233.83 |
| 61 | Franklin Park | 233.59 |
| 62 | Northlake | 230.61 |
| 63 | Fox Lake | 230.19 |
| 64 | Plano | 229.69 |
| 65 | Fairview Heights | 228.16 |
| 66 | Elmwood Park | 216.57 |
| 67 | Homewood | 209.27 |
| 68 | Hickory Hills | 204.80 |
| 69 | Skokie | 200.12 |
| 70 | Lyons | 193.57 |
| 71 | Normal | 192.04 |
| 72 | Streator | 192.03 |
| 73 | Urbana | 187.16 |
| 74 | Schiller Park | 184.86 |
| 75 | Troy | 182.31 |
| 76 | Macomb | 180.08 |
| 77 | Addison | 178.52 |
| 78 | Oak Forest | 177.23 |
| 79 | North Aurora | 175.61 |
| 80 | Bolingbrook | 174.11 |
| 81 | Swansea | 172.63 |
| 82 | Oak Lawn | 169.60 |
| 83 | Chicago Ridge | 158.44 |
| 84 | Washington | 156.04 |
| 85 | Streamwood | 150.69 |
| 86 | Glendale Heights | 149.08 |
| 87 | River Forest | 148.48 |
| 88 | Morton Grove | 145.08 |
| 89 | Morris | 144.59 |
| 90 | Roscoe | 143.23 |
| 91 | Gurnee | 142.00 |
| 92 | Montgomery | 141.54 |
| 93 | Villa Park | 135.38 |
| 94 | West Chicago | 134.49 |
| 95 | St. Charles | 133.54 |
| 96 | Midlothian | 132.92 |
| 97 | Prospect Heights | 132.53 |
| 98 | Hanover Park | 128.51 |
| 99 | Westmont | 126.97 |
| 100 | McHenry | 125.64 |
| 101 | Wood Dale | 117.75 |
| 102 | Shiloh | 116.78 |
| 103 | Ottawa | 111.22 |
| 104 | Carol Stream | 107.25 |
| 105 | Schaumburg | 107.24 |
| 106 | Lockport | 101.17 |
| 107 | Dixon | 99.69 |
| 108 | Glenview | 98.74 |
| 109 | Woodridge | 98.57 |
| 110 | Rolling Meadows | 98.00 |
| 111 | Shorewood | 95.93 |
| 112 | Downers Grove | 95.78 |
| 113 | Yorkville | 95.00 |
| 114 | Crystal Lake | 93.14 |
| 115 | Morton | 92.21 |
| 116 | Warrenville | 91.10 |
| 117 | New Lenox | 88.14 |
| 118 | Wheaton | 87.28 |
| 119 | Algonquin | 87.13 |
| 120 | Lemont | 86.05 |
| 121 | La Grange | 85.00 |
| 122 | Chatham | 83.64 |
| 123 | Elmhurst | 82.92 |
| 124 | Bloomingdale | 82.77 |
| 125 | Channahon | 82.63 |
| 126 | Geneva | 82.45 |
| 127 | Lake in the Hills | 80.43 |
| 128 | Mokena | 78.70 |
| 129 | Vernon Hills | 78.67 |
| 130 | Antioch | 77.79 |
| 131 | Elk Grove Village | 77.42 |
| 132 | Lombard | 76.59 |
| 133 | Palos Hills | 76.41 |
| 134 | Burr Ridge | 74.20 |
| 135 | Lincolnwood | 73.73 |
| 136 | Oswego | 73.10 |
| 137 | Des Plaines | 72.94 |
| 138 | Carpentersville | 72.58 |
| 139 | Grayslake | 72.51 |
| 140 | Wheeling | 72.25 |
| 141 | Glen Ellyn | 72.19 |
| 142 | Round Lake | 71.95 |
| 143 | Sycamore | 70.60 |
| 144 | Tinley Park | 68.28 |
| 145 | Batavia | 68.08 |
| 146 | Woodstock | 67.24 |
| 147 | Naperville | 66.38 |
| 148 | Pingree Grove | 65.07 |
| 149 | Palos Heights | 63.90 |
| 150 | Roselle | 62.41 |
| 151 | Glen Carbon | 62.30 |
| 152 | Mundelein | 57.97 |
| 153 | Arlington Heights | 57.56 |
| 154 | Frankfort | 56.26 |
| 155 | La Grange Park | 53.30 |
| 156 | Niles | 52.01 |
| 157 | Park Ridge | 51.51 |
| 158 | Westchester | 49.84 |
| 159 | Palatine | 48.99 |
| 160 | Mount Prospect | 48.54 |
| 161 | Lindenhurst | 42.33 |
| 162 | Huntley | 39.90 |
| 163 | Cary | 38.81 |
| 164 | Orland Park | 37.94 |
| 165 | Darien | 37.05 |
| 166 | Homer Glen | 32.66 |
| 167 | Winnetka | 32.45 |
| 168 | Edwardsville | 31.59 |
| 169 | Lake Forest | 30.85 |
| 170 | Northbrook | 30.37 |
| 171 | Libertyville | 24.78 |
| 172 | Hinsdale | 22.57 |
| 173 | Bartlett | 22.18 |
| 174 | Lake Zurich | 20.11 |
| 175 | Deerfield | 16.05 |
| 176 | Buffalo Grove | 12.38 |
| 177 | Barrington | 9.80 |
| 178 | Campton Hills | 9.02 |
| 179 | Western Springs | 7.46 |