Crime Grade · Illinois

Most Dangerous Cities in Illinois

214 reporting Illinois cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 115.0 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Danville	27,702	1458.4	F10/10
2	Peoria	111,389	1249.7	F9/10
3	East St. Louis	26,277	1019.9	D8/10
4	Carbondale	22,213	972.4	D8/10
5	Matteson	19,494	949.0	D8/10
6	Kankakee	25,863	943.4	D8/10
7	Maywood	23,055	941.2	D8/10
8	Centralia	11,699	923.2	D8/10
9	Harvey	19,668	899.9	D8/10
10	Rockford	147,186	898.9	D8/10
11	Springfield	112,595	889.0	D8/10
12	Chicago Heights	26,329	801.4	D8/10
13	Alton	24,803	798.3	C7/10
14	Granite City	26,691	760.6	C7/10
15	Decatur	68,221	671.3	C7/10
16	Rock Island	36,292	606.2	C6/10
17	Markham	12,289	602.2	C6/10
18	Mount Vernon	14,062	576.0	C6/10
19	Rantoul	12,254	522.3	C6/10
20	Pekin	31,128	517.2	C6/10
21	Quincy	39,860	494.2	C6/10
22	Belleville	40,142	480.8	C6/10
23	Kewanee	12,338	445.8	B5/10
24	Galesburg	29,128	442.9	B5/10
25	Urbana	40,076	441.7	B5/10
26	Mattoon	16,540	429.3	B5/10
27	Fairview Heights	15,980	419.3	B5/10
28	Moline	42,331	411.0	B5/10
29	Herrin	12,230	384.3	B5/10
30	Riverdale	10,221	381.6	B5/10
31	Waukegan	88,433	374.3	B5/10
32	Chicago	2,715,488	370.8	B5/10
33	Champaign	92,875	368.2	B5/10
34	Hazel Crest	12,941	355.5	B4/10
35	Calumet City	33,859	342.6	B4/10
36	Joliet	152,211	342.3	B4/10
37	Normal	52,573	334.8	B4/10
38	Zion	24,546	330.0	B4/10
39	Bloomington	79,368	312.5	B4/10
40	Pontiac	11,016	308.6	B4/10
41	Melrose Park	23,327	300.1	B4/10
42	Richton Park	12,446	297.3	B4/10
43	Bradley	15,277	294.6	B4/10
44	East Peoria	21,921	292.0	B4/10
45	Canton	13,600	286.8	B4/10
46	Blue Island	21,643	286.5	B4/10
47	Park Forest	20,869	282.7	B4/10
48	Country Club Hills	16,122	279.1	B4/10
49	Lansing	27,898	272.4	B4/10
50	Alsip	18,361	272.3	B4/10
51	Aurora	176,688	268.8	B4/10
52	DeKalb	40,558	266.3	B4/10
53	Fox Lake	10,916	265.7	B4/10
54	Bellwood	17,990	261.3	B4/10
55	Effingham	12,461	256.8	A3/10
56	Sterling	14,461	255.9	A3/10
57	Charleston	17,307	254.2	A3/10
58	East Moline	20,917	253.4	A3/10
59	Bridgeview	16,056	249.1	A3/10
60	Freeport	22,939	248.5	A3/10
61	Ottawa	18,764	245.2	A3/10
62	Streator	12,242	245.1	A3/10
63	Forest Park	13,740	240.2	A3/10
64	Oak Park	52,550	236.0	A3/10
65	Midlothian	13,775	217.8	A3/10
66	Worth	10,593	217.1	A3/10
67	Elgin	114,717	217.1	A3/10
68	Bolingbrook	74,990	214.7	A3/10
69	Cicero	81,401	212.5	A3/10
70	Collinsville	23,618	211.7	A3/10
71	North Chicago	30,614	202.5	A3/10
72	Taylorville	10,205	196.0	A3/10
73	Chatham	14,696	190.5	A3/10
74	Summit	10,675	187.4	A3/10
75	Jacksonville	17,692	186.5	A3/10
76	Chicago Ridge	13,952	186.4	A3/10
77	Schiller Park	11,360	184.9	A3/10
78	Carpentersville	36,955	175.9	A2/10
79	Berwyn	53,581	169.8	A2/10
80	Lincoln	13,014	169.0	A2/10
81	Wood River	10,205	166.6	A2/10
82	Bourbonnais	18,080	165.9	A2/10
83	South Holland	20,625	164.8	A2/10
84	Burbank	28,424	158.3	A2/10
85	Homewood	18,646	155.5	A2/10
86	Morris	14,677	149.9	A2/10
87	Skokie	65,401	149.8	A2/10
88	Montgomery	22,357	147.6	A2/10
89	Northlake	12,345	145.8	A2/10
90	Crestwood	10,473	143.2	A2/10
91	North Aurora	19,600	142.9	A2/10
92	O'Fallon	32,108	140.2	A2/10
93	Crest Hill	20,175	138.8	A2/10
94	Belvidere	25,339	138.1	A2/10
95	West Chicago	25,446	137.5	A2/10
96	Geneva	21,126	137.3	A2/10
97	Villa Park	21,974	136.5	A2/10
98	Addison	35,753	134.3	A2/10
99	Waterloo	10,515	133.1	A2/10
100	Franklin Park	18,040	133.0	A2/10
101	Evergreen Park	19,163	130.5	A2/10
102	Lincolnwood	12,968	123.4	A2/10
103	South Elgin	25,198	123.0	A2/10
104	Norridge	14,723	122.3	A2/10
105	Gurnee	30,518	121.2	A2/10
106	Dixon	15,104	119.2	A1/10
107	Downers Grove	49,567	115.0	A1/10
108	Romeoville	41,271	111.5	A1/10
109	Evanston	75,562	111.2	A1/10
110	River Forest	11,833	109.9	A1/10
111	Elk Grove Village	31,583	107.7	A1/10
112	Crystal Lake	41,838	107.6	A1/10
113	Des Plaines	58,435	106.1	A1/10
114	River Grove	10,387	105.9	A1/10
115	Glendale Heights	32,808	103.6	A1/10
116	Streamwood	38,094	102.4	A1/10
117	Shiloh	14,912	100.6	A1/10
118	Hanover Park	36,523	98.6	A1/10
119	Morton	17,653	96.3	A1/10
120	St. Charles	33,584	95.3	A1/10
121	Wheeling	38,111	94.5	A1/10
122	Elmwood Park	23,520	93.5	A1/10
123	Tinley Park	54,618	93.4	A1/10
124	Highland	10,015	89.9	A1/10
125	Glenview	47,409	88.6	A1/10
126	Washington	15,806	88.6	A1/10
127	Palatine	65,532	85.5	A1/10
128	Round Lake Beach	27,062	85.0	A1/10
129	Libertyville	20,257	83.9	A1/10
130	Yorkville	27,164	81.0	A1/10
131	Roselle	22,372	80.5	A1/10
132	Lake in the Hills	28,651	80.3	A1/10
133	Lombard	44,509	76.4	A1/10
134	La Grange	15,856	75.7	A1/10
135	Barrington	10,592	75.5	A1/10
136	Hoffman Estates	50,564	75.2	A1/10
137	Oak Lawn	56,136	73.0	A1/10
138	Plainfield	49,912	72.1	A1/10
139	Bloomingdale	22,280	71.8	A1/10
140	Vernon Hills	27,046	70.3	A1/10
141	Oswego	39,860	70.2	A1/10
142	Naperville	154,062	70.1	A1/10
143	Lake Zurich	20,004	70.0	A1/10
144	Mundelein	32,923	69.9	A1/10
145	Swansea	14,470	69.1	A1/10
146	Rolling Meadows	23,621	67.7	A1/10
147	Westmont	24,282	65.9	A1/10
148	Grayslake	24,339	65.7	A1/10
149	Glen Carbon	13,870	64.9	A1/10
150	Wood Dale	13,971	64.4	A1/10
151	Roscoe	10,986	63.7	A1/10
152	Schaumburg	76,773	62.5	A1/10
153	Burr Ridge	11,208	62.5	A1/10
154	Channahon	14,629	61.5	A1/10
155	Batavia	26,566	60.2	A1/10
156	La Grange Park	13,402	59.7	A1/10
157	Shorewood	18,608	59.1	A1/10
158	Round Lake	18,645	59.0	A1/10
159	Carol Stream	39,506	58.2	A1/10
160	New Lenox	28,798	55.6	A1/10
161	Mokena	19,928	55.2	A1/10
162	Niles	29,099	55.0	A1/10
163	Highland Park	30,956	54.9	A1/10
164	Lindenhurst	14,612	54.7	A1/10
165	Lemont	18,306	54.6	A1/10
166	Antioch	15,234	52.5	A1/10
167	Pingree Grove	11,809	50.8	A1/10
168	Mount Prospect	55,157	50.8	A1/10
169	Palos Heights	12,007	50.0	A1/10
170	Winfield	10,300	48.5	A1/10
171	Bensenville	18,594	48.4	A1/10
172	Brookfield	18,749	48.0	A1/10
173	Sycamore	19,042	47.3	A1/10
174	Plano	12,878	46.6	A1/10
175	Minooka	12,945	46.3	A1/10
176	Algonquin	30,758	45.5	A1/10
177	Prospect Heights	15,462	45.3	A1/10
178	Cary	18,087	44.2	A1/10
179	Woodridge	34,100	44.0	A1/10
180	Wauconda	14,052	42.7	A1/10
181	Lisle	23,520	42.5	A1/10
182	Woodstock	25,952	42.4	A1/10
183	Bartlett	40,644	41.8	A1/10
184	Edwardsville	26,691	41.2	A1/10
185	Morton Grove	24,287	41.2	A1/10
186	Hinsdale	17,656	39.6	A1/10
187	Glen Ellyn	28,855	38.1	A1/10
188	Arlington Heights	75,155	37.3	A1/10
189	Lockport	27,110	36.9	A1/10
190	Oak Forest	26,677	33.7	A1/10
191	Wheaton	53,702	33.5	A1/10
192	Justice	12,194	32.8	A1/10
193	Frankfort	21,378	32.7	A1/10
194	Homer Glen	24,941	32.1	A1/10
195	McHenry	29,207	30.8	A1/10
196	Park Ridge	38,187	28.8	A1/10
197	Hickory Hills	14,035	28.5	A1/10
198	Columbia	10,604	28.3	A1/10
199	Palos Hills	17,919	27.9	A1/10
200	Elmhurst	46,205	26.0	A1/10
201	Warrenville	15,530	25.8	A1/10
202	Buffalo Grove	43,067	23.2	A1/10
203	Wilmette	26,685	22.5	A1/10
204	Western Springs	13,515	22.2	A1/10
205	Deerfield	19,140	20.9	A1/10
206	Northbrook	34,398	20.4	A1/10
207	Lake Forest	19,716	20.3	A1/10
208	Huntley	28,679	17.4	A1/10
209	Darien	22,020	13.6	A1/10
210	Orland Park	57,891	8.6	A1/10
211	Troy	11,901	8.4	A1/10
212	Winnetka	12,445	8.0	A1/10
213	Westchester	16,187	6.2	A1/10
214	Campton Hills	10,899	0.0	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.