Chillicothe, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Chillicothe, IL Summary

Crime in Chillicothe research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Chillicothe 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 Chillicothe:

  • There were 65 total crimes committed in Chillicothe in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,095.4 total crimes per 100K people in Chillicothe.
  • The overall crime rate in Chillicothe is -48.31% below the national average.
  • Chillicothe ranks #315 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Chillicothe ranks #4,749 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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Chillicothe Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Chillicothe is 1,095.4 per 100,000 people. That's -48.31% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -45.35% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Chillicothe
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 65 1,095.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 101.1 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 9 151.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 9 151.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 44 741.5 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 50.6 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 56 943.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Chillicothe 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 Chillicothe

9
Violent Crimes
151.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-57.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Chillicothe in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Chillicothe is 151.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 659.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Chillicothe each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -57.75% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.55% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Chillicothe

56
Property Crimes
943.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-46.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 property crimes in Chillicothe in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Chillicothe is 943.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 106.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Chillicothe each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -46.38% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.98% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Chillicothe

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Peoria, IL 109,677 6,174 5,629.3 4,284.4 1,344.9
East Peoria, IL 21,873 575 2,628.8 2,363.6 265.2
Washington, IL 15,760 193 1,224.6 1,129.4 95.2
Peoria Heights, IL 5,699 198 3,474.3 2,667.1 807.2
Eureka, IL 5,276 57 1,080.4 568.6 511.8

Chillicothe SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
9
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