6 Safest Cities in Illinois (2023 FBI Crime Data)
These are the 6 safest cities in Illinois, ranked by per-capita crime rate using 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.Illinois has a statewide violent crime rate of 381.3 per 100,000 residents. The safest city in Illinois is Peoria with a Safety Context Score of 77/100. All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
| # | City | Population | Violent/100K | Property/100K | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peoria | 113K | 193.5 | 1,636 | B (77) |
| 2 | Springfield | 114K | 219.5 | 1,375 | B (74) |
| 3 | Chicago | 2.7M | 372.3 | 2,023 | B (71) |
| 4 | Naperville | 150K | 442.4 | 1,427 | B (71) |
| 5 | Rockford | 149K | 504.6 | 1,288 | C (60) |
| 6 | Joliet | 150K | 623.8 | 2,037 | C (54) |
All rates per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI UCR 2023.
Crime statistics for Illinois cities are derived from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. All figures represent per-capita rates per 100,000 residents, not raw counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on FBI crime data and our Safety Context Score, Peoria is the safest city in Illinois with a score of 77/100 (Grade B), a violent crime rate of 193.5 per 100,000, and a property crime rate of 1,636 per 100,000.
Cities are ranked using our Safety Context Score (0-100), which weighs violent crime rate vs. national average (40%), property crime rate vs. national average (30%), and 5-year trend direction (30%). All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
Crime in Illinois has increased 0.0% over the past 5 years based on FBI data.
Safety Context Score: violent crime vs. national average (40%), property crime vs. national average (30%), 5-year trend (30%). All rates per 100,000 residents.
The this entity category groups every U.S. city and county crime rates entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2026.