East Peoria, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In East Peoria, IL Summary

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

  • There were 575 total crimes committed in East Peoria in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,628.8 total crimes per 100K people in East Peoria.
  • The overall crime rate in East Peoria is 24.05% above the national average.
  • East Peoria ranks #465 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • East Peoria ranks #8,208 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 Peoria Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in East Peoria is 2,628.8 per 100,000 people. That's 24.05% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 31.15% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
East Peoria
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 575 2,628.8 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 4.6 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 13.7 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 41 187.4 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 58 265.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 105 480.0 290.5 229.0
Larceny 391 1,787.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 96.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 517 2,363.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

East Peoria 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 Peoria

58
Violent Crimes
265.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-26.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 58 violent crimes in East Peoria in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in East Peoria is 265.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 377.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in East Peoria each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -26.14% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -8.31% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In East Peoria

517
Property Crimes
2,363.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
34.30%
Above The National Average
  • There were 517 property crimes in East Peoria in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in East Peoria is 2,363.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 42.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in East Peoria each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 34.30% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 37.81% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around East Peoria

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
Pekin, IL 31,053 834 2,685.7 2,357.3 328.5
Morton, IL 17,592 160 909.5 824.2 85.3
Washington, IL 15,760 193 1,224.6 1,129.4 95.2
Chillicothe, IL 5,934 65 1,095.4 943.7 151.7
Bartonville, IL 5,730 138 2,408.4 2,024.4 383.9
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

East Peoria SnackAbility

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