Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024

Updated on January 21, 2026.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2024, among Illinois cities with a population of at least 10K, Danville had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (1,684.29), followed by Peoria (1,344.86), Chicago Heights (1,232.46), Rockford (1,079.98), and Carbondale (1,004.93).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2024, 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 2024 Topic List.

Data Source: FBI UCR.

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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024

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Ranking of Illinois Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2024

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Rank	City	Crime Rate Per 100K
1	Danville	1684.29
2	Peoria	1344.86
3	Chicago Heights	1232.46
4	Rockford	1079.98
5	Carbondale	1004.93
6	Alton	963.36
7	Springfield	901.17
8	Riverdale	709.36
9	Harvey	706.03
10	Centralia	663.94
11	Granite City	617.79
12	Decatur	602.05
13	Rantoul	549.22
14	Urbana	544.45
15	Rock Island	544.07
16	Hazel Crest	540.20
17	Chicago	539.85
18	Belleville	532.01
19	Mattoon	528.43
20	Galesburg	512.75
21	Champaign	501.87
22	Marion	468.68
22	Summit	468.68
23	Zion	452.88
24	Waukegan	445.18
25	Blue Island	434.39
26	Forest Park	416.05
27	Fairview Heights	407.58
28	DeKalb	392.96
29	Lansing	391.81
30	Herrin	387.63
31	Moline	384.07
32	Freeport	362.64
33	Charleston	359.73
34	Loves Park	356.04
35	Joliet	350.01
36	Cicero	347.34
37	South Holland	336.77
38	Country Club Hills	329.39
39	Normal	329.07
40	Richton Park	328.22
41	Oak Park	323.55
42	Machesney Park	319.57
43	Sterling	319.44
44	East Moline	314.97
45	Morris	314.90
46	Bellwood	306.42
47	Melrose Park	304.37
48	Jacksonville	303.70
49	Alsip	289.84
50	Chicago Ridge	285.55
51	Park Forest	283.11
52	Wood River	274.08
53	Bradley	269.31
54	Elgin	266.66
55	Aurora	266.01
56	East Peoria	265.17
57	Fox Lake	251.19
58	Mount Vernon	247.42
59	Pontiac	237.27
60	Mahomet	227.75
61	Effingham	220.48
62	Taylorville	206.47
63	Skokie	204.54
64	Worth	202.86
65	Midlothian	200.22
66	Burbank	197.96
67	Collinsville	194.92
68	O'Fallon	194.63
69	Dixon	192.78
70	Streator	188.48
71	South Elgin	188.37
72	La Grange	187.45
73	Ottawa	186.95
74	Homewood	186.11
75	West Chicago	184.24
76	Bolingbrook	182.00
77	Villa Park	180.81
78	Oak Lawn	180.15
79	Crest Hill	179.82
80	North Chicago	178.11
81	Franklin Park	175.15
82	Shiloh	173.91
83	Elmwood Park	169.36
84	Lincoln	169.05
85	Gurnee	166.44
86	Prospect Heights	158.71
87	Roscoe	157.34
88	Romeoville	151.19
89	Glenview	150.96
90	Belvidere	150.19
91	Hoffman Estates	149.60
92	Evanston	141.55
93	Addison	139.96
94	Crestwood	136.48
95	North Aurora	134.88
96	Streamwood	128.88
97	Bourbonnais	127.63
98	Bensenville	126.24
99	Hanover Park	125.77
100	Northlake	123.97
101	Evergreen Park	122.77
102	Des Plaines	120.59
103	Elk Grove Village	119.70
104	Berwyn	119.45
105	Lombard	117.04
106	Montgomery	115.61
107	Downers Grove	112.98
108	Carpentersville	111.31
109	Lincolnwood	110.26
110	Tinley Park	108.91
111	Barrington	105.75
112	Crystal Lake	104.69
113	Chatham	103.01
114	Wood Dale	102.27
115	Mokena	101.39
116	Rolling Meadows	99.67
117	Glendale Heights	99.44
118	Park Ridge	96.31
119	Washington	95.18
120	McHenry	94.53
121	Woodstock	93.27
122	Brookfield	92.74
123	Shorewood	92.23
123	St. Charles	92.23
124	Batavia	91.58
125	Schaumburg	90.81
126	River Forest	90.25
127	Mount Prospect	89.68
128	Oak Forest	89.07
129	River Grove	88.36
130	Hickory Hills	87.60
131	Morton	85.27
132	Libertyville	83.92
133	Naperville	83.71
134	Round Lake Beach	82.57
135	Winnetka	82.24
136	Round Lake	81.77
137	Channahon	76.57
138	Yorkville	73.68
139	Bloomingdale	71.81
140	Lake in the Hills	70.00
141	Carol Stream	69.76
142	Plano	69.54
143	Palos Hills	68.45
144	Lockport	67.50
145	Palatine	67.23
146	Grayslake	65.74
147	Glen Carbon	64.89
148	Geneva	61.74
148	Wheeling	61.74
149	Palos Heights	61.66
150	Lake Zurich	61.07
151	Vernon Hills	60.09
152	Woodridge	59.90
153	Elmhurst	59.73
154	Algonquin	59.43
155	Winfield	59.19
156	Plainfield	57.96
157	Westchester	56.76
158	Niles	54.99
159	Westmont	54.66
160	New Lenox	52.98
161	Arlington Heights	50.31
162	Glen Ellyn	49.69
163	Highland Park	49.49
164	Wheaton	49.38
165	Mundelein	47.06
166	Hinsdale	46.32
167	Morton Grove	46.25
168	Lisle	43.34
169	Sycamore	42.74
170	Darien	41.67
171	Swansea	41.34
172	Antioch	40.25
173	Manhattan	36.66
174	Lindenhurst	34.90
175	Oswego	34.31
176	Lemont	34.27
177	Frankfort	33.16
178	Edwardsville	30.00
179	Orland Park	28.27
180	Huntley	28.13
181	Bartlett	27.74
182	Burr Ridge	27.35
183	Deerfield	26.60
184	Warrenville	25.76
185	La Grange Park	23.30
186	Wilmette	22.49
187	Buffalo Grove	21.29
188	Lake Forest	20.66
189	Northbrook	17.85
190	Homer Glen	16.29
191	Cary	11.09
192	Campton Hills	9.29
193	Troy	8.85
194	Pingree Grove	8.78
195	Minooka	7.74
196	Western Springs	7.58