Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2021

Updated on November 1, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, Rockford had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,534.44), followed by Springfield (838.25), Champaign (694.88), Rock Island (651.83), and Moline (622.06).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2021, 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 2021
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Rockford 1534.44
2 Springfield 838.25
3 Champaign 694.88
4 Rock Island 651.83
5 Moline 622.06
6 DeKalb 565.04
7 Granite City 561.41
8 Alton 556.61
9 Urbana 499.12
10 Cicero 421.25
11 Fox Lake 394.76
12 Rantoul 392.13
13 Pekin 329.19
14 Bloomington 308.43
15 East Peoria 278.84
16 Loves Park 278.70
17 Fairview Heights 274.42
18 Skokie 197.87
19 Homewood 195.73
20 Montgomery 191.45
21 Normal 190.35
22 Midlothian 184.19
23 Evanston 179.32
24 Morris 169.70
25 Chicago Ridge 167.61
26 Jacksonville 163.06
27 Franklin Park 155.95
28 Worth 145.79
29 La Grange 144.23
30 Grayslake 141.22
31 O'Fallon 131.37
32 Barrington 127.92
33 Morton 123.32
34 Palos Heights 121.35
35 Sycamore 119.57
36 Tinley Park 101.71
37 Lake Zurich 101.19
38 Batavia 98.26
39 Shiloh 94.48
40 Algonquin 84.43
41 McHenry 81.16
42 Troy 76.58
43 River Forest 75.14
44 Lemont 68.69
45 Highland Park 68.05
46 Mundelein 64.65
47 Oswego 64.24
48 Swansea 60.40
49 Geneva 59.96
50 Lake in the Hills 56.57
51 Deerfield 43.10
52 Wheeling 40.93
53 Edwardsville 39.57
54 La Grange Park 39.04
55 Wilmette 37.32
56 Wauconda 37.29
57 Pingree Grove 0.00