Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023

Updated on September 30, 2024.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2023, the Illinois city with the highest number of Violent Crimes was Chicago (15,948), followed by Rockford (1,676), Peoria (1,336), Springfield (895), and Joliet (609).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Violent crimes in 2023, and the table below shows the ranking of Illinois cities with high number of Violent 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 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.
See this for other years:
Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
Chicago
Rockford
Peoria
Springfield
Joliet
Aurora
Decatur
Danville
Chicago Heights
Champaign
Ranking of Illinois Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Chicago 15948
2 Rockford 1676
3 Peoria 1336
4 Springfield 895
5 Joliet 609
6 Aurora 549
7 Decatur 468
8 Danville 462
9 Chicago Heights 452
10 Champaign 381
11 Waukegan 319
12 Elgin 252
13 Alton 235
14 Harvey 209
15 Cicero 207
16 Rock Island 197
17 Urbana 186
18 Moline 176
19 DeKalb 172
20 Belleville 169
21 Carbondale 168
22 Bolingbrook 162
23 Normal 156
24 Granite City 154
24 Oak Park 154
25 Skokie 132
26 Evanston 125
27 Lansing 112
28 Zion 107
29 Pekin 102
30 Blue Island 100
31 Naperville 96
32 South Holland 92
33 Country Club Hills 84
34 Berwyn 80
35 Loves Park 79
36 Des Plaines 77
37 Oak Lawn 76
38 Palatine 74
39 Rantoul 72
40 Glenview 71
41 East Peoria 69
42 Schaumburg 68
43 Burbank 67
43 Gurnee 67
43 Hoffman Estates 67
43 Mattoon 67
44 Forest Park 65
44 Hazel Crest 65
45 Romeoville 64
46 Hanover Park 63
46 Melrose Park 63
47 Arlington Heights 62
47 Centralia 62
47 Freeport 62
47 Machesney Park 62
48 Belvidere 61
48 Park Forest 61
49 Alsip 58
49 Streamwood 58
50 Collinsville 56
50 Elk Grove Village 56
50 Mount Prospect 56
50 Tinley Park 56
51 Lombard 55
52 Fairview Heights 53
52 Ottawa 53
53 Bellwood 49
53 O'Fallon 49
54 Jacksonville 48
55 Calumet Park 46
55 Charleston 46
55 North Chicago 46
56 Downers Grove 45
56 Pontiac 45
57 East Moline 44
58 Addison 43
58 Bourbonnais 43
58 Carlinville 43
59 Murphysboro 41
59 Wheeling 41
60 Herrin 40
61 Crest Hill 39
61 Glenwood 39
62 Crystal Lake 38
62 University Park 38
63 Effingham 37
63 Evergreen Park 37
63 Glendale Heights 37
63 Villa Park 37
64 Bradley 36
64 Fox Lake 36
64 Sauk Village 36
65 Homewood 34
66 Morton 33
66 Paris 33
67 Lake Zurich 32
67 Steger 32
67 Taylorville 32
68 Salem 31
68 Summit 31
68 Sycamore 31
69 Carol Stream 30
69 Peoria Heights 30
69 South Elgin 30
70 Posen 29
70 Richton Park 29
70 St. Charles 29
70 West Chicago 29
71 Elmwood Park 28
71 Olney 28
72 Chicago Ridge 27
72 Oswego 27
73 Bartlett 26
73 Crete 26
73 Vernon Hills 26
74 Franklin Park 25
74 La Grange 25
74 Midlothian 25
74 Park Ridge 25
74 Westmont 25
75 Northlake 24
75 Plainfield 24
75 Rolling Meadows 24
75 Rosemont 24
76 Clinton 23
76 Shiloh 23
76 Wood River 23
76 Worth 23
77 Bartonville 22
77 Prospect Heights 22
77 Roselle 22
77 Washington 22
77 Wheaton 22
77 Yorkville 22
78 Montgomery 21
78 Orland Park 21
78 Robinson 21
79 Caseyville 20
80 Batavia 19
80 East Alton 19
80 Grayslake 19
80 Hoopeston 19
80 Lisle 19
80 Morris 19
80 Mundelein 19
80 River Grove 19
80 Silvis 19
80 South Beloit 19
80 Streator 19
81 Algonquin 18
81 Antioch 18
81 Elmhurst 18
81 Hillside 18
81 Lockport 18
81 Morton Grove 18
81 Willowbrook 18
82 Havana 17
82 Lincoln 17
82 Macomb 17
82 Marengo 17
82 Metropolis 17
82 Oak Forest 17
83 Buffalo Grove 16
83 Newton 16
83 Woodstock 16
84 Bedford Park 15
84 Bensenville 15
84 Cary 15
84 Dixon 15
84 New Lenox 15
84 Roscoe 15
84 Round Lake 15
84 Wood Dale 15
84 Woodridge 15
85 Berkeley 14
85 Channahon 14
85 Hickory Hills 14
85 Jerseyville 14
85 Lemont 14
85 McHenry 14
85 Niles 14
85 Round Lake Beach 14
85 South Chicago Heights 14
85 Swansea 14
85 Virden 14
86 Bloomingdale 13
86 Crestwood 13
86 Geneva 13
86 Glen Ellyn 13
86 Litchfield 13
86 Manteno 13
86 Milan 13
86 Monmouth 13
86 Mount Carmel 13
86 Wauconda 13
87 Cherry Valley 12
87 Du Quoin 12
87 Harvard 12
87 Huntley 12
87 Mokena 12
87 North Riverside 12
87 Palos Hills 12
87 Paxton 12
87 Sparta 12
87 Tuscola 12
87 Watseka 12
87 Wilmington 12
88 Countryside 11
88 Darien 11
88 Troy 11
89 Chillicothe 10
89 Lake Forest 10
89 Lake in the Hills 10
89 Mahomet 10
89 Marshall 10
89 Northbrook 10
89 Oakbrook Terrace 10
89 Pontoon Beach 10
89 Spring Valley 10
89 Vandalia 10
89 Westchester 10
90 Burr Ridge 9
90 Chatham 9
90 Dupo 9
90 Flossmoor 9
90 Highland 9
90 Itasca 9
90 Maryville 9
90 Plano 9
90 River Forest 9
90 Shorewood 9
90 Tilton 9
90 Wilmette 9
91 Arthur 8
91 Bethalto 8
91 Colona 8
91 Edwardsville 8
91 Greenville 8
91 Libertyville 8
91 Mendota 8
91 Olympia Fields 8
91 Peru 8
91 Richmond 8
91 Warrenville 8
91 West Dundee 8
92 Anna 7
92 Fairmont City 7
92 Glencoe 7
92 Harrisburg 7
92 Hillsboro 7
92 Lake Villa 7
92 Monee 7
92 Rushville 7
92 Sandwich 7
92 Westville 7
93 Brookfield 6
93 Deerfield 6
93 Farmer City 6
93 La Grange Park 6
93 Marseilles 6
93 Palos Heights 6
93 Peotone 6
93 Pittsfield 6
93 Rockton 6
93 Roxana 6
93 Sauget 6
93 Sullivan 6
94 Arcola 5
94 Braidwood 5
94 Casey 5
94 Chester 5
94 Coal City 5
94 Cortland 5
94 East Dundee 5
94 Frankfort 5
94 Fulton 5
94 Glen Carbon 5
94 Inverness 5
94 Lakemoor 5
94 La Salle 5
94 Le Roy 5
94 Manhattan 5
94 Mason City 5
94 Morrison 5
94 Mount Zion 5
94 Neoga 5
94 Nokomis 5
94 Oakwood 5
94 Southern View 5
94 Thornton 5
95 Aledo 4
95 Eldorado 4
95 Geneseo 4
95 Homer Glen 4
95 Hometown 4
95 Minier 4
95 Mount Carroll 4
95 Oak Brook 4
95 Phoenix 4
95 Round Lake Park 4
95 St. Anne 4
95 Winfield 4
96 Atwood 3
96 Beecher 3
96 Bement 3
96 Clarendon Hills 3
96 Dwight 3
96 Elburn 3
96 Elwood 3
96 Forest View 3
96 Fox River Grove 3
96 Freeburg 3
96 Gilberts 3
96 Grayville 3
96 Hampshire 3
96 Henry 3
96 Hodgkins 3
96 Lovington 3
96 Mackinaw 3
96 McLeansboro 3
96 North Pekin 3
96 Princeton 3
96 Rossville 3
96 Spring Grove 3
96 Stone Park 3
96 Willow Springs 3
97 Athens 2
97 Barrington 2
97 Barrington Hills 2
97 Bethany 2
97 Breese 2
97 Coal Valley 2
97 Fairmount 2
97 Hartford 2
97 Hinsdale 2
97 Island Lake 2
97 Lacon 2
97 Lincolnshire 2
97 Mascoutah 2
97 McCook 2
97 Millstadt 2
97 Pinckneyville 2
97 Ridge Farm 2
97 Riverwoods 2
97 Rockdale 2
97 Sesser 2
97 Sherman 2
97 Somonauk 2
97 South Jacksonville 2
97 South Roxana 2
97 Stickney 2
97 Sugar Grove 2
97 West City 2
97 Williamsville 2
97 Winnetka 2
97 Wonder Lake 2
98 Altamont 1
98 Atkinson 1
98 Auburn 1
98 Bridgeport 1
98 Carlyle 1
98 Carrier Mills 1
98 Catlin 1
98 Christopher 1
98 East Hazel Crest 1
98 Erie 1
98 Farmington 1
98 Flora 1
98 Forreston 1
98 Grafton 1
98 Greenfield 1
98 Hebron 1
98 Heyworth 1
98 Hudson 1
98 New Athens 1
98 New Baden 1
98 Newman 1
98 Okawville 1
98 Pana 1
98 Prairie Grove 1
98 Toluca 1
98 Trenton 1
98 Western Springs 1
98 White Hall 1
98 Winnebago 1
99 Albers 0
99 Amboy 0
99 Annawan 0
99 Assumption 0
99 Bannockburn 0
99 Beckemeyer 0
99 Bluffs 0
99 Buda 0
99 Bull Valley 0
99 Cambridge 0
99 Campton Hills 0
99 Chenoa 0
99 Cherry 0
99 Colfax 0
99 Coulterville 0
99 Cowden 0
99 Diamond 0
99 Durand 0
99 Elizabeth 0
99 Ellis Grove 0
99 Findlay 0
99 Fithian 0
99 Germantown 0
99 Godley 0
99 Golf 0
99 Grand Ridge 0
99 Grantfork 0
99 Greenup 0
99 Hawthorn Woods 0
99 Henning 0
99 Hinckley 0
99 Hopedale 0
99 Ina 0
99 Indian Head Park 0
99 Indianola 0
99 Kenilworth 0
99 Kildeer 0
99 Kincaid 0
99 Kingston 0
99 Lakewood 0
99 Lanark 0
99 Leland 0
99 Lexington 0
99 Manito 0
99 Maple Park 0
99 Martinsville 0
99 Mazon 0
99 Milledgeville 0
99 Mount Pulaski 0
99 Norris City 0
99 Northfield 0
99 North Utica 0
99 Oakwood Hills 0
99 Onarga 0
99 Oregon 0
99 Orion 0
99 Palestine 0
99 Palos Park 0
99 Pecatonica 0
99 Pingree Grove 0
99 Pleasant Hill 0
99 Pleasant Plains 0
99 Polo 0
99 Potomac 0
99 Prophetstown 0
99 Rochester 0
99 Ruma 0
99 Sandoval 0
99 Sidell 0
99 Sleepy Hollow 0
99 South Barrington 0
99 Stanford 0
99 Stockton 0
99 Tolono 0
99 Toulon 0
99 Tower Lakes 0
99 Tremont 0
99 Union 0
99 Valmeyer 0
99 Vienna 0
99 Wayne 0
99 Worden 0