Illinois City, IL Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	A
Property Crime Grade	A-
Other Crime Grade	A

Which crimes are included?

$231,415

Cost of Crime™ for Illinois City, IL

In 2025, violent crime will cost $511 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Illinois City with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The A grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Illinois City against the average US city, where the rate is much lower than the norm. Illinois City sits in the 87th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 87% of cities and behind 13%. The grade covers only Illinois City's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Illinois City is 1.636 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 605 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 615 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Illinois City, IL report the most violent crime, about 1 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Illinois City, IL

The tangible cost of violent crime in Illinois City is projected at $231,415 for 2025, about $229 per resident and $511 per household. That equals 0.5% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 40.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 44.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.5%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Illinois City Compared to Other Cities?

Illinois City, IL:	$229
East St. Louis, IL:	$693
Glen Carbon, IL:	$84
Illinois:	$240
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $229 per resident each year in Illinois City, which is $29 less than the national average and $11 less than Illinois's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Illinois City:

In East St. Louis, IL, crime costs $693 per person, which is $464 more than in Illinois City.
In Glen Carbon, IL, crime costs $84 per person, which is $145 less than in Illinois City

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Illinois City, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Illinois City	Cost per Illinois City Resident
Murder	$159,892	$158
Rape/Sexual Assault	$47,202	$47
Robbery	$19,325	$19
Assault	$4,996	$5
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$231,415	$229

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Illinois City, IL

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Illinois City totals $1,296,075 ($1,283 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $1,527,490 ($1,512 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Illinois City, IL, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Illinois City Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Illinois City residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.1722
Robbery	0.6083
Rape	0.7708
Murder	0.0842
Total Violent Crime	1.636 (A)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Illinois City is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Illinois City.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Buffalo Prairie, IL	A	A-	A+
New Era, IA	A-	A-	A
Muscatine, IA	C+	C+	C+
Sweetland Center, IA	B	B	B
Montpelier, IA	A-	A-	A
Pleasant Prairie, IA	A-	B	A+
Taylor Ridge, IL	A	A	A
Hamlet, IL	A	A-	A-
Andalusia, IL	A+	A+	A+
Blue Grass, IA	A-	A	B+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Illinois City is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Penfield, OH	A	C-	C-
Mott, ND	D	D-	D-
Mounds, IL	D-	D	D
Mount Auburn, IA	A	A-	A-
Mountainhome, PA	C+	C-	C-
Murray, NE	C+	B	B
Naplate, IL	B+	A-	A-
Olga, WA	D-	D+	D+
Olin, IA	C-	A-	A-
Olivier, LA	D+	D+	D+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Illinois City is safer than the Illinois state average and safer than the national average.

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