The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Moline, IL
Moline is a city of 43,200 in Rock Island County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Davenport · Updated November 2026
Is Moline, IL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Moline has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Moline run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 630 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Moline as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Moline scores 630.
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 Moline, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Moline, 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 Moline
Robberies are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Moline runs 84% above the US rate, but robberies run at less than half that rate: 0.25 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
Burglaries run high for a B-graded city. Moline has 9.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Moline
Low crime is the norm across Moline: 78% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Moline run from A to F; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
78%17%
A or B 78%C 17%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Villa Park, eastBurglaries run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Moline.B669
2Willard-Wharton & Greater Tartan Oaks, centralCar thefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Moline.B-594
3Old Towne, Karstens-City Line & Stewartville, westCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Moline.B-562
4Floreciente & Overlook, northwestBurglaries run at more than double the rate in the rest of Moline.C-384
5Park Hill, northCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Moline.C-379
Neighborhood areas of Moline, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Moline?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Moline is down 30% and property crime is up 38%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.4 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 24 to 33 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MolineUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Moline. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Moline
Violent, US
Property, Moline
Property, US
2016
-14%
+4%
+46%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+37%
+12%
2018
+2%
+0%
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
+3%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
+17%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
+22%
-6%
2023
-23%
+2%
+33%
-7%
2024
-30%
-4%
+38%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Moline
CrimeGrade™ estimates Moline has about 68 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 84% more than the US as a whole and 62% more 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Moline, about 35% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Moline
Moline has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Moline, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 36% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (31%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (37%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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.
How Moline compares with nearby cities
Moline has more crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Coal Valley and Bettendorf, IA have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Moline apart: it has 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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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 Moline: C (32 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 61% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Moline on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Moline
Crime costs Moline about $1,648 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 37% more 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 $83 million a year, or $1,918 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.8 million
$111
Rape
$1.4 million
$32
Robbery
$340,000
$8
Assault
$10 million
$236
Burglary
$3.6 million
$84
Theft
$3.7 million
$87
Vehicle theft
$3.1 million
$71
Arson
$85,000
$2
Vandalism
$3.8 million
$88
Total
$31 million
$719
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 Moline 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 Moline, IL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 29% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Moline on SchoolGrade
