Using the FBI's most recent Uniform Crime Report statistics, the website Homesnacks ranked the safest cities in Illinois by looking at the number of reported violent crimes and property crimes per capita in towns with more than 5,000 people.
From Homesnacks on its methodology:
For example, there were a total of 99 crimes committed in Campton Hills which had a reported population of 11,351. That means the number of crimes per capita is 0.00872 which translates into a 1 in 115 chance of being the victim of a crime.
We only looked at cities that have populations of more than 5,000 people reported to the FBI in 2014. This left us with a total of 202 places in Illinois to rank.
Listed below you can find a list of the 25 safest and least safe cities from Homesnack's ranking, along with the total number of violent crime and property crime offenses reported to the FBI in 2014.
Least safe cities in Illinois
*Violent crime and property crime figures are the total number of offenses reported to the FBI.
202. Mount Vernon
- Pop.: 15,232
- Violent crime: 192
- Property crime: 948
201. Danville
- Pop.: 32,404
- Violent crime: 348
- Property crime: 1,878
200. Harvey
- Pop.: 25,377
- Violent crime: 329
- Property crime: 1,210
199. East St. Louis
- Pop.: 26,523
- Violent crime: 967
- Property crime: 1,095
198. Springfield
- Pop.: 117,134
- Violent crime: 1,248
- Property crime: 5,535
197. Rockford
- Pop.: 149,586
- Violent crime: 1,847
- Property crime: 6,401
196. Centralia
- Pop.: 12,727
- Violent crime: 99
- Property crime: 617
195. Sauk Village
- Pop.: 10,558
- Violent crime: 84
- Property crime: 494
194. Kankakee
- Pop.: 27,026
- Violent crime: 221
- Property crime: 1,232
193. Peoria
- Pop.: 116,923
- Violent crime: 759
- Property crime: 4,858
192. Alton
- Pop.: 27,157
- Violent crime: 137
- Property crime: 1,198
191. Calumet City
- Pop.: 37,281
- Violent crime: 192
- Property crime: 1,560
190. Riverdale
- Pop.: 13,640
- Violent crime rank: 156
- Property crime rank: 415
189. Zion
- Pop.: 24,316
- Violent crime: 170
- Property crime: 817
188. Chicago
- Pop.: 2,724,121
- Violent crime: 24,089
- Property crime: 85,161
187. Carbondale
- Pop.: 26,370
- Violent crime: 138
- Property crime: 940
186. Hazel Crest
- Pop.: 14,223
- Violent crime rank: 72
- Property crime rank: 473
185. Maywood
- Pop.: 24,174
- Violent crime: 213
- Property crime: 680
184. Chicago Heights
- Pop.: 30,456
- Violent crime: 199
- Property crime: 915
183. Matteson
- Pop.: 19,182
- Violent crime: 56
- Property crime: 904
182. Quincy
- Pop.: 40,972
- Violent crime: 190
- Property crime: 1,363
181. Forest Park
- Pop.: 14,223
- Violent crime: 46
- Property crime: 529
180. Galesburg
- Pop.: 31,538
- Violent crime: 126
- Property crime: 1,035
179. Effingham
- Pop.: 12,619
- Violent crime: 52
- Property crime: 409
178. Wood River
- Pop.: 10,370
- Violent crime: 28
- Property crime: 455
You can see the 25 cities that were ranked by HomeSnacks as the safest here.