What is the #1 most dangerous cities in illinois?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Cairo	1,699	28.73
2	Danville	28,663	16.84
3	Peoria	112,126	13.45
4	Chicago Heights	26,938	12.32
5	Rockford	147,649	10.81
6	East St. Louis	18,278	10.20
7	Carbondale	21,813	10.05
8	Calumet Park	6,836	9.87
9	Alton	25,430	9.71
10	Matteson	18,681	9.49
11	Washington Park	1,728	9.45
12	Kankakee	24,384	9.43
13	Maywood	23,173	9.41
14	Savanna	2,851	9.04
15	Springfield	113,714	9.01
16	Creve Coeur	4,572	8.28
17	Peoria Heights	5,834	8.07
18	Robbins	4,956	7.89
19	Havana	3,176	7.54
20	Gillespie	3,118	7.43
21	Marissa	1,133	7.27
22	Riverdale	10,515	7.09
23	Harvey	19,831	7.06
24	Girard	1,740	6.99
25	Centralia	12,009	6.64
26	Shawneetown	1,167	6.60
27	Roodhouse	1,662	6.51
28	Granite City	26,670	6.22
29	Decatur	70,368	6.04
30	Markham	11,434	6.02
31	Rock Falls	8,683	5.97
32	Eldorado	3,762	5.89
33	Paris	8,154	5.77
34	Rosemont	4,145	5.66
35	Oakwood	1,243	5.51
36	Rantoul	12,515	5.49
37	Cobden	1,064	5.48
38	Urbana	38,447	5.44
39	Rock Island	36,758	5.44
40	Hazel Crest	13,493	5.40
41	Chicago	2,707,648	5.40
42	Belleville	41,722	5.32
43	Mattoon	16,334	5.28
44	Galesburg	29,653	5.13
45	Eureka	5,095	5.12
46	Fairfield	4,658	5.11
47	Champaign	88,822	5.02
48	Gibson City	3,609	4.98
49	Quincy	39,188	4.94
50	Arthur	2,024	4.87
51	El Paso	2,871	4.78
52	Marion	16,796	4.69
53	Summit	10,896	4.69
54	Fairmont City	2,354	4.66
55	Zion	24,466	4.53
56	East Alton	5,729	4.47
57	Waukegan	88,919	4.45
58	Virden	3,165	4.45
59	Calumet City	35,253	4.42
60	Anna	4,222	4.40
61	Blue Island	23,416	4.39
62	Carlinville	5,574	4.38
63	Carmi	4,879	4.31
64	Milan	5,037	4.26
65	Forest Park	14,000	4.16
66	Carrollton	2,528	4.16
67	Moweaqua	2,093	4.11
68	Beardstown	6,047	4.10
69	Fairview Heights	16,255	4.08
70	Sauk Village	9,724	4.06
71	DeKalb	40,464	3.93
72	Lansing	28,415	3.92
73	Southern View	1,838	3.90
74	Herrin	12,271	3.88
75	Salem	7,341	3.86
76	Nashville	2,991	3.86
77	Cherry Valley	3,268	3.86
78	Hoopeston	5,039	3.85
79	Moline	42,235	3.84
80	Bartonville	5,854	3.84
81	East Dubuque	1,427	3.82
82	South Roxana	2,180	3.80
83	Athens	2,146	3.71
84	Tuscola	4,675	3.69
85	Monmouth	8,794	3.66
86	Neoga	1,248	3.64
87	Abingdon	3,424	3.64
88	Freeport	23,636	3.63
89	Charleston	17,212	3.60
90	Loves Park	23,185	3.56
91	Broadview	7,898	3.56
92	Cicero	83,223	3.52
93	Joliet	149,785	3.50
94	Mount Carroll	1,515	3.50
95	Arcola	2,867	3.48
96	South Holland	21,016	3.37
97	Bethany	1,253	3.36
98	Murphysboro	6,804	3.32
99	Farmer City	2,001	3.32
100	Westville	3,442	3.31
101	Country Club Hills	16,419	3.29
102	Normal	52,908	3.29
103	Pekin	31,812	3.28
104	Richton Park	12,576	3.28
105	Leland	1,102	3.24
106	Oak Park	53,315	3.24
107	Sterling	14,670	3.19
108	Steger	9,449	3.16
109	East Moline	20,837	3.15
110	Morris	14,775	3.15
111	Bellwood	18,373	3.12
112	Bloomington	78,703	3.10
113	Wenona	1,006	3.09
114	Melrose Park	24,513	3.04
115	Jacksonville	17,490	3.04
116	University Park	7,109	3.02
117	Robinson	7,005	3.01
118	Newton	2,852	2.93
119	Alsip	18,650	2.90
120	Canton	13,408	2.87
121	Chicago Ridge	14,147	2.86
122	Burnham	3,978	2.85
123	Park Forest	20,898	2.83
124	Metropolis	5,898	2.79
125	Staunton	4,307	2.79
126	Aurora	179,867	2.77
127	Tilton	2,537	2.76
128	Monee	5,104	2.75
129	Wood River	10,315	2.74
130	North Riverside	7,495	2.73
131	East Peoria	22,485	2.70
132	Bradley	15,331	2.69
133	Warrensburg	1,076	2.69
134	St. Anne	1,070	2.68
135	Elgin	114,106	2.67
136	Clinton	7,012	2.62
137	Riverton	3,506	2.60
138	Pontoon Beach	6,131	2.59
139	Hillside	8,133	2.56
140	Hinckley	2,286	2.55
141	Mount Vernon	14,492	2.54
142	Fox Lake	10,872	2.51
143	Bridgeview	16,721	2.49
144	Posen	5,331	2.47
145	Glenwood	8,620	2.45
146	Rochelle	9,477	2.44
147	St. Elmo	1,401	2.42
148	Silvis	7,939	2.42
149	South Chicago Heights	3,934	2.38
150	Pontiac	11,483	2.37
151	Paxton	4,201	2.32
152	Caseyville	4,170	2.30
153	Litchfield	6,814	2.28
154	Mahomet	9,755	2.28
155	Auburn	4,357	2.27
156	Peru	9,863	2.26
157	Olney	8,864	2.25
158	Oakbrook Terrace	2,714	2.25
159	Olympia Fields	4,636	2.24
160	Carterville	5,822	2.21
161	Hometown	4,244	2.21
162	Effingham	12,258	2.20
163	South Jacksonville	3,255	2.20
164	Casey	2,258	2.14
165	Forreston	1,148	2.14
166	Energy	1,171	2.11
167	Hillsboro	5,693	2.09
168	Taylorville	11,149	2.06
169	Hodgkins	1,766	2.06
170	Skokie	66,427	2.05
171	Bement	1,664	2.04
172	Rockdale	2,598	2.04
173	Erie	1,658	2.03
174	Lakemoor	5,878	2.03
175	Worth	10,731	2.03
176	Grayville	1,515	2.03
177	Benld	1,535	2.01
178	Cambria	1,271	2.01
179	Midlothian	14,024	2.00
180	Greenfield	1,137	1.99
181	Pittsfield	4,422	1.98
182	Burbank	28,822	1.98
183	Lovington	1,120	1.98
184	Collinsville	24,126	1.95
185	Warsaw	1,511	1.95
186	O'Fallon	32,139	1.95
187	East Dundee	3,156	1.94
188	Lyons	10,391	1.94
189	Dixon	15,166	1.93
190	Nokomis	2,213	1.93
191	Flora	4,860	1.92
192	Galena	2,899	1.92
193	Marseilles	4,071	1.89
194	Streator	12,274	1.88
195	South Elgin	23,984	1.88
196	West Chicago	25,434	1.88
197	La Grange	15,999	1.87
198	Ottawa	18,714	1.87
199	Homewood	19,471	1.86
200	Schiller Park	11,454	1.85
201	Elwood	2,141	1.83
202	Bolingbrook	73,813	1.82
203	Villa Park	22,456	1.81
204	Oak Lawn	57,098	1.80
205	Crest Hill	19,754	1.80
206	Royalton	1,076	1.80
207	Watseka	4,630	1.79
208	Bridgeport	1,819	1.79
209	Thornton	1,876	1.79
210	Winthrop Harbor	6,663	1.78
211	North Chicago	30,772	1.78
212	Park City	7,631	1.75
213	Franklin Park	18,233	1.75
214	Johnston City	3,351	1.75
215	Manteno	8,942	1.74
216	Hartford	1,456	1.74
217	Shiloh	14,109	1.74
218	St. Jacob	1,617	1.73
219	Rossville	1,246	1.72
220	Sumner	2,229	1.70
221	Elmwood Park	23,982	1.69
222	Crete	8,382	1.69
223	Lincoln	13,406	1.69
224	Sparta	4,070	1.68
225	Gurnee	30,486	1.66
226	Harrisburg	8,608	1.66
227	Momence	3,076	1.66
228	South Beloit	7,930	1.65
229	Barry	1,442	1.61
230	Merrionette Park	2,144	1.60
231	Dupo	3,914	1.59
232	Prospect Heights	15,681	1.59
233	Roscoe	10,881	1.57
234	Willowbrook	9,138	1.56
235	Marshall	3,987	1.56
236	Mount Olive	1,979	1.55
237	Prairie Grove	1,992	1.54
238	Belvidere	24,510	1.54
239	Glenview	47,682	1.53
240	West Dundee	7,867	1.52
241	Chillicothe	6,185	1.52
242	Romeoville	40,996	1.51
243	Greenup	1,678	1.50
244	Hoffman Estates	51,186	1.50
245	Countryside	6,294	1.48
246	Pecatonica	2,178	1.48
247	Grandview	1,077	1.43
248	Evanston	76,552	1.42
249	North Aurora	18,375	1.40
250	North Pekin	1,647	1.40
251	Williamsville	1,519	1.40
252	Addison	35,470	1.40
253	Harvard	9,875	1.39
254	White Hall	2,354	1.38
255	Altamont	2,500	1.38
256	Lanark	1,510	1.37
257	Crestwood	10,622	1.36
258	Mount Carmel	6,892	1.35
259	Forest View	1,022	1.34
260	De Soto	1,701	1.34
261	Seneca	2,525	1.34
262	Marengo	7,123	1.31
263	Highland	10,268	1.31
264	Mendota	6,915	1.31
265	Godfrey	17,743	1.30
266	Streamwood	39,055	1.29
267	Bourbonnais	18,109	1.28
268	Bensenville	18,576	1.26
269	Morrison	3,781	1.26
270	Carrier Mills	1,702	1.26
271	Carlyle	3,134	1.26
272	Hanover Park	36,850	1.26
273	Waterloo	11,055	1.25
274	Delavan	1,600	1.25
275	Northlake	12,547	1.24
276	Du Quoin	5,780	1.24
277	Elk Grove Village	32,132	1.23
278	Evergreen Park	19,498	1.23
279	Des Plaines	59,408	1.21
280	Berwyn	55,888	1.19
281	Stockton	1,867	1.19
282	Lincolnwood	13,179	1.18
283	Harwood Heights	8,851	1.18
284	Lombard	43,722	1.17
285	Lake Villa	8,707	1.16
286	Montgomery	21,205	1.16
287	Christopher	2,413	1.14
288	Zeigler	1,325	1.14
289	Downers Grove	49,867	1.13
290	Fulton	3,457	1.13
291	Hainesville	3,524	1.13
292	Aledo	3,753	1.13
293	Carpentersville	37,544	1.11
294	Oglesby	3,723	1.11
295	Hamel	1,004	1.09
296	Tinley Park	55,007	1.09
297	Marine	1,181	1.09
298	Sesser	1,919	1.08
299	Mount Morris	2,679	1.08
300	Lacon	1,768	1.07
301	Byron	3,742	1.06
302	Barrington	11,049	1.06
303	Crystal Lake	40,436	1.05
304	Coal City	5,145	1.03
305	Chatham	14,740	1.03
306	Wood Dale	13,926	1.02
307	Mokena	19,906	1.01
308	Greenville	7,159	1.01
309	Rolling Meadows	23,981	1.00
310	Glendale Heights	32,864	0.99
311	McCullom Lake	1,087	0.99
312	Roselle	22,731	0.99
313	Park Ridge	39,241	0.96
314	Washington	15,946	0.95
315	McHenry	27,774	0.95
316	Johnsburg	6,374	0.94
317	Wauconda	14,010	0.94
318	Woodstock	26,316	0.93
319	Brookfield	19,235	0.93
320	Shorewood	18,218	0.92
321	St. Charles	32,733	0.92
322	Schaumburg	76,780	0.92
323	Geneseo	6,577	0.92
324	Stone Park	4,504	0.92
325	Batavia	26,730	0.92
326	Norridge	15,177	0.91
327	Round Lake Park	7,833	0.90
328	River Forest	11,489	0.90
329	Amboy	2,396	0.90
330	Mount Prospect	55,648	0.90
331	New Baden	3,493	0.90
332	Oak Forest	26,888	0.89
333	River Grove	10,482	0.88
334	Shelbyville	4,248	0.88
335	Lebanon	4,431	0.88
336	Farmington	1,990	0.88
337	Bethalto	9,244	0.88
338	Hickory Hills	14,718	0.88
339	Henry	2,478	0.87
340	Morton	16,503	0.85
341	Jerseyville	7,432	0.85
342	Oregon	3,821	0.85
343	Fairbury	3,683	0.84
344	Libertyville	20,493	0.84
345	Naperville	149,424	0.84
346	Round Lake Beach	27,081	0.83
347	East Hazel Crest	1,122	0.82
348	Winnetka	12,508	0.82
349	Carthage	2,508	0.82
350	Round Lake	18,588	0.82
351	Pinckneyville	5,055	0.80
352	Riverside	9,079	0.80
353	Berkeley	5,222	0.80
354	Round Lake Heights	2,585	0.78
355	McLeansboro	2,750	0.77
356	Warren	1,439	0.77
357	Rochester	3,784	0.77
358	Channahon	13,854	0.77
359	Marquette Heights	2,613	0.76
360	Genoa	5,685	0.75
361	Toluca	1,313	0.75
362	Vienna	2,115	0.75
363	Yorkville	22,350	0.74
364	Lake in the Hills	28,853	0.73
365	Hebron	1,458	0.72
366	Bloomingdale	22,388	0.72
367	Knoxville	3,137	0.72
368	Peotone	4,462	0.71
369	Roxana	1,626	0.71
370	Sullivan	4,253	0.71
371	Carol Stream	39,427	0.70
372	Plano	11,626	0.70
373	Heyworth	2,818	0.69
374	Rushville	2,668	0.69
375	Palatine	66,548	0.69
376	Manito	1,640	0.69
377	Palos Hills	18,139	0.68
378	Lockport	26,228	0.67
379	Herscher	1,302	0.67
380	Flossmoor	9,666	0.66
381	Grayslake	20,707	0.66
382	Virginia	1,491	0.65
383	Glen Carbon	13,521	0.65
384	Braidwood	6,175	0.65
385	Rockton	8,238	0.65
386	Wheeling	38,495	0.64
387	Lincolnshire	7,937	0.63
388	Earlville	2,015	0.63
389	Island Lake	8,023	0.63
390	Phoenix	1,284	0.62
391	Oak Brook	8,028	0.62
392	Geneva	21,299	0.62
393	Palos Heights	11,817	0.62
394	Lake Zurich	19,727	0.61
395	Colona	5,189	0.61
396	Vernon Hills	26,772	0.60
397	Gilman	1,576	0.60
398	Maryville	8,280	0.60
399	Pana	5,277	0.60
400	Woodridge	33,889	0.60
401	Elmhurst	45,538	0.60
402	Algonquin	29,904	0.59
403	Chenoa	1,559	0.59
404	Winfield	9,982	0.59
405	Maroa	1,751	0.58
406	Plainfield	45,705	0.58
407	Hampton	1,946	0.58
408	Highwood	5,243	0.58
409	Jonesboro	1,912	0.58
410	Hudson	2,048	0.57
411	Westchester	16,524	0.57
412	Niles	30,262	0.55
413	Westmont	24,201	0.55
414	Albion	2,107	0.54
415	New Athens	1,937	0.54
416	LaSalle	9,471	0.53
417	New Lenox	27,456	0.53
418	Catlin	2,161	0.52
419	Barrington Hills	3,923	0.52
420	Fisher	1,600	0.51
421	Mount Zion	6,076	0.51
422	Wheaton	53,453	0.51
423	Mason City	2,094	0.51
424	Arlington Heights	76,220	0.50
425	Glen Ellyn	28,270	0.50
426	Dwight	3,794	0.50
427	Highland Park	30,229	0.49
428	Richmond	2,530	0.47
429	Mundelein	31,632	0.47
430	Lakewood	4,699	0.47
431	Lawrenceville	4,241	0.47
432	Brighton	2,536	0.47
433	Hinsdale	17,155	0.46
434	Morton Grove	24,687	0.46
435	Petersburg	2,590	0.45
436	Elburn	6,054	0.45
437	Chester	6,830	0.45
438	Polo	2,495	0.45
439	Mascoutah	8,743	0.45
440	Cortland	4,556	0.44
441	Breese	4,373	0.44
442	Lisle	23,413	0.43
443	Sycamore	18,243	0.43
444	Beecher	4,837	0.43
445	Darien	21,855	0.42
446	Swansea	14,603	0.41
447	Vandalia	6,041	0.41
448	Aviston	2,451	0.41
449	Macomb	15,006	0.41
450	Antioch	14,751	0.40
451	Trenton	2,673	0.38
452	Manhattan	10,315	0.37
453	Hampshire	8,351	0.36
454	Lake Bluff	5,834	0.36
455	Winnebago	2,896	0.35
456	Lindenhurst	14,365	0.35
457	Oswego	35,463	0.34
458	Lemont	17,643	0.34
459	Gilberts	8,389	0.34
460	Frankfort	20,417	0.33
461	Kewanee	12,280	0.33
462	Sugar Grove	9,233	0.33
463	Justice	12,372	0.32
464	Edwardsville	26,543	0.30
465	Benton	7,076	0.29
466	Le Roy	3,177	0.29
467	Columbia	11,063	0.28
468	Orland Park	57,961	0.28
469	Huntley	27,859	0.28
470	Bartlett	40,531	0.28
471	Sandwich	7,121	0.28
472	Burr Ridge	11,119	0.27
473	Riverwoods	3,988	0.27
474	Deerfield	19,185	0.27
475	Coal Valley	4,142	0.26
476	Warrenville	14,232	0.26
477	West Frankfort	7,156	0.25
478	Glencoe	8,715	0.24
479	La Grange Park	13,227	0.23
480	Wilmette	27,550	0.22
481	Itasca	9,525	0.22
482	Buffalo Grove	42,824	0.21
483	Lake Forest	19,190	0.21
484	Wonder Lake	4,141	0.19
485	Spring Valley	5,508	0.19
486	Northfield	5,683	0.18
487	Spring Grove	5,866	0.18
488	Northbrook	34,642	0.18
489	Homer Glen	24,516	0.16
490	Stickney	6,957	0.15
491	Orland Hills	6,758	0.14
492	Inverness	7,541	0.14
493	Cary	17,875	0.11
494	Campton Hills	10,724	0.09
495	Troy	10,889	0.09
496	Pingree Grove	10,576	0.09
497	Minooka	12,632	0.08
498	Western Springs	13,353	0.08
499	Princeton	7,829	0.00
500	Leland Grove	1,595	0.00
501	Lexington	2,074	0.00
502	Ladd	1,393	0.00
503	Durand	1,485	0.00
504	Mackinaw	1,869	0.00
505	Kirkland	1,497	0.00
506	Malta	1,507	0.00
507	Kincaid	1,243	0.00
508	Maple Park	1,939	0.00
509	Kildeer	4,189	0.00
510	Divernon	1,262	0.00
511	Kenilworth	2,543	0.00
512	Martinsville	1,212	0.00
513	Diamond	2,900	0.00
514	Mazon	1,424	0.00
515	De Pue	1,594	0.00
516	Milledgeville	1,199	0.00
517	Millstadt	4,013	0.00
518	Minonk	1,909	0.00
519	Monticello	6,332	0.00
520	Jerome	1,910	0.00
521	Mount Pulaski	1,513	0.00
522	Edinburg	1,163	0.00
523	New Berlin	1,366	0.00
524	Colchester	1,057	0.00
525	Norris City	1,613	0.00
526	Indian Head Park	3,992	0.00
527	North Utica	1,215	0.00
528	Clifton	1,279	0.00
529	Clarendon Hills	8,642	0.00
530	Oakwood Hills	2,454	0.00
531	Oblong	1,617	0.00
532	Okawville	1,312	0.00
533	Onarga	1,362	0.00
534	Orion	1,849	0.00
535	Palestine	1,396	0.00
536	Palos Park	4,832	0.00
537	Homer	1,130	0.00
538	Pawnee	2,706	0.00
539	La Harpe	1,085	0.00
540	Prophetstown	1,828	0.00
541	Elmwood	2,254	0.00
542	Camp Point	1,197	0.00
543	Raymond	1,065	0.00
544	Red Bud	3,789	0.00
545	Cambridge	2,184	0.00
546	Bunker Hill	1,305	0.00
547	Bull Valley	1,121	0.00
548	Hawthorn Woods	9,145	0.00
549	Sherman	4,211	0.00
550	Sleepy Hollow	3,165	0.00
551	Smithton	3,512	0.00
552	Somonauk	1,592	0.00
553	South Barrington	5,004	0.00
554	Hamilton	2,738	0.00
555	Beckemeyer	1,024	0.00
556	Grant Park	1,547	0.00
557	Germantown	1,268	0.00
558	Tolono	3,546	0.00
559	Toulon	1,390	0.00
560	Tower Lakes	1,148	0.00
561	Tremont	2,300	0.00
562	Valmeyer	1,109	0.00
563	Bannockburn	1,125	0.00
564	Walnut	1,402	0.00
565	Assumption	1,117	0.00
566	Waterman	1,419	0.00
567	Ashland	1,001	0.00
568	Waverly	1,456	0.00
569	Wayne	2,284	0.00
570	Freeburg	4,336	0.00
571	Franklin Grove	1,086	0.00
572	Willow Springs	5,871	0.00
573	Fox River Grove	4,501	0.00
574	Albers	1,428	0.00
575	Goreville	1,164	0.00

Methodology

Cities in Illinois are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most dangerous cities in illinois?: Cairo ranks #1 with 28.73 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 most dangerous cities in illinois?: 1. Cairo (28.73), 2. Danville (16.84), 3. Peoria (13.45), 4. Chicago Heights (12.32), 5. Rockford (10.81)
How many cities in Illinois are ranked?: This ranking includes 575 cities in Illinois with available data.

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