The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Edwardsville, IL
Edwardsville is a city of 29,300 in Madison County, about 18 miles northeast of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
Is Edwardsville, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Edwardsville: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 957 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
88% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Edwardsville as a whole, and 12% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Edwardsville scores 957.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Edwardsville, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Edwardsville, 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 in Edwardsville
Thefts and acts of vandalism both run low. In Edwardsville, each runs at less than half the US rate: 4.3 thefts and 1.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Edwardsville
Every part of Edwardsville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Edwardsville run from A+ to A; every part of Edwardsville has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Edwardsville, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Edwardsville?
Reported property crime in Edwardsville has fallen 12% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 7.9 to 6.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 18%.
Property crime, change since 2019
EdwardsvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Edwardsville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Edwardsville
Property, US
2016
+48%
+15%
2017
+40%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
-8%
2021
-35%
-10%
2022
-4%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-12%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Edwardsville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Edwardsville has about 12 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 69% less than the US as a whole and 72% less than Illinois.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Edwardsville, about 37% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Edwardsville
Edwardsville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Edwardsville, 37% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 48% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (37%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Edwardsville compares with nearby cities
Edwardsville has less crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Edwardsville apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 66 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Edwardsville: D (17 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 and assault. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.66 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% 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 crime costs Edwardsville
Crime costs Edwardsville about $291 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 76% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $7.2 million a year, or $247 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$290,000
$10
Rape
$190,000
$7
Robbery
$82,000
$3
Assault
$890,000
$30
Burglary
$440,000
$15
Theft
$640,000
$22
Vehicle theft
$160,000
$6
Arson
$22,000
$1
Vandalism
$400,000
$14
Total
$3.1 million
$107
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Edwardsville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Edwardsville, IL average a SchoolGrade of B-: 44% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Edwardsville on SchoolGrade
