East Alton, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In East Alton, IL Summary

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

  • There were 115 total crimes committed in East Alton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,055.0 total crimes per 100K people in East Alton.
  • The overall crime rate in East Alton is -3.03% below the national average.
  • East Alton ranks #431 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • East Alton ranks #7,329 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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East Alton Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in East Alton is 2,055.0 per 100,000 people. That's -3.03% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 2.53% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
East Alton
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 115 2,055.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 1 17.9 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 21 375.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 25 446.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 17 303.8 290.5 229.0
Larceny 67 1,197.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 107.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 90 1,608.3 1,715.2 1,760.0

East Alton 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 East Alton

25
Violent Crimes
446.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
24.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in East Alton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in East Alton is 446.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 223.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in East Alton each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 24.44% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 54.48% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In East Alton

90
Property Crimes
1,608.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-8.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 90 property crimes in East Alton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in East Alton is 1,608.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 62.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in East Alton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -8.62% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.23% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around East Alton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Alton, IL 24,809 901 3,631.7 2,668.4 963.4
Collinsville, IL 23,599 461 1,953.5 1,758.5 194.9
Glen Carbon, IL 13,870 162 1,168.0 1,103.1 64.9
Troy, IL 11,297 53 469.2 460.3 8.9
Wood River, IL 10,216 203 1,987.1 1,713.0 274.1
Bethalto, IL 9,125 80 876.7 789.0 87.7
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0
Jerseyville, IL 8,243 141 1,710.5 1,625.6 84.9
Pontoon Beach, IL 5,786 113 1,953.0 1,693.7 259.2

East Alton SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
4
Affordability
9
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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