Batavia, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Batavia, IL Summary

Crime in Batavia research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Batavia over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Batavia:

  • There were 221 total crimes committed in Batavia in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 843.3 total crimes per 100K people in Batavia.
  • The overall crime rate in Batavia is -60.21% below the national average.
  • Batavia ranks #253 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Batavia ranks #3,791 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Batavia Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Batavia is 843.3 per 100,000 people. That's -60.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -57.93% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Batavia
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 221 843.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 7.6 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 15 57.2 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 24 91.6 289.2 359.0
Burglary 51 194.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 139 530.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 7 26.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 197 751.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Batavia Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Batavia

24
Violent Crimes
91.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-74.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 24 violent crimes in Batavia in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Batavia is 91.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,092.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Batavia each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -74.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.33% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Batavia

197
Property Crimes
751.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-57.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 197 property crimes in Batavia in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Batavia is 751.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 133.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Batavia each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -57.29% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.18% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Batavia

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Aurora, IL 176,688 2,682 1,517.9 1,251.9 266.0
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Hoffman Estates, IL 49,467 565 1,142.2 992.6 149.6
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Bartlett, IL 39,656 166 418.6 390.9 27.7
St. Charles, IL 32,529 376 1,155.9 1,063.7 92.2
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
West Chicago, IL 24,968 199 797.0 612.8 184.2
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7

Batavia SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
5
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