Moline is a city of 43,200 in Rock Island County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Davenport · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Moline?
Violent crime is high in Moline: a B, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 648 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
22% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Moline as a whole, and 78% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Moline scores 648.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid 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 about violent crime in Moline
Robberies are less common than the crime level suggests. Violent crime in Moline runs 87% 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.
One part of Moline stands out for aggravated assault. Aggravated assaults in Floreciente & Overlook, in northwest Moline, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Moline
Low violent crime is the norm across Moline: 79% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 3% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Moline run from A to F.
79%18%
A or B 79%C 18%D or F 3%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Villa Park, eastClose to the rest of Moline on most crimes.B687
2Willard-Wharton & Greater Tartan Oaks, centralClose to the rest of Moline on most crimes.B645
3Old Towne, Karstens-City Line & Stewartville, westClose to the rest of Moline on most crimes.B-605
4Floreciente & Overlook, northwestSimple assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of Moline.C395
5Park Hill, northAggravated assaults run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Moline.C-384
Neighborhood areas of Moline, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Moline?
Reported violent crime in Moline has fallen 30% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.4 to 3.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent 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
2016
-14%
+4%
2017
-1%
+4%
2018
+2%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
+4%
2021
+11%
+6%
2022
-2%
+5%
2023
-23%
+2%
2024
-30%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Moline
CrimeGrade™ estimates Moline has about 25 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 87% more than the US as a whole and 48% more than Illinois.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Moline, about 97% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Moline
Moline has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Moline, 56% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
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.
Violent crime in Moline and nearby cities
Moline has more violent crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Coal Valley and Bettendorf, IA have the least violent crime nearby.
Moline looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with violent crime.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Moline: C (32 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 assault. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.10% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.45 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 54% 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 violent crime costs Moline
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Moline about $68 million a year, or $1,579 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $17 million, or $387 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 76% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.8 million
$111
Rape
$1.4 million
$32
Robbery
$340,000
$8
Assault
$10 million
$236
Total
$17 million
$387
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
