Rock Island is a city of 37,200 in Rock Island County, about 3 miles south of downtown Davenport · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Rock Island?
Property crime is high in Rock Island: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Theft makes up 26% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades D, and vehicle theft grades B.
C+
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 518 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Rock Island as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rock Island scores 518.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Rock Island, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rock Island, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Rock Island
Burglaries run high for a city with a C for property crime. Rock Island has 9.1 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded C for property crime, the figure is 3.5.
Theft is a strength. Rock Island grades C+ for property crime, but theft grades A-, better than in the neighborhoods where 51% of Americans live.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Rock Island
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Rock Island to the next: 44% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 20% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Rock Island run from A to F.
44%36%20%
A or B 44%C 36%D or F 20%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Rock Island?
Reported property crime in Rock Island has risen 13% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 24 to 27 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Rock IslandUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Rock Island. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Rock Island
Property, US
2016
+16%
+15%
2017
+19%
+12%
2018
+12%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
+5%
-10%
2022
+15%
-6%
2023
+6%
-7%
2024
+13%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Rock Island
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rock Island has about 43 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 80% more than the US as a whole and 69% more than Illinois.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Vandalism is the most common property crime in Rock Island, about 37% of the total, followed by theft and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Rock Island
Rock Island has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Rock Island, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Rock Island and nearby cities
Rock Island has the most property crime of its 8 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rock Island. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Rock Island has more property crime than 94% of them.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in Rock Island
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Rock Island apart: it has 2.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of C- (30 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 55% of residents in Rock Island live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Rock Island: C- (32 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 67% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.49 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 61% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Rock Island
Property crime costs Rock Island about $13 million a year, or $354 per resident and about $849 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.1 million
$82
Theft
$2.2 million
$58
Vehicle theft
$3.6 million
$96
Arson
$140,000
$4
Vandalism
$4.2 million
$114
Total
$13 million
$354
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
