East Peoria, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in East Peoria:

  • There were 655 total crimes committed in East Peoria the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,959.8 total crimes per 100K people in East Peoria.
  • The overall crime rate in East Peoria is 27.35% above the national average.
  • East Peoria ranks #535 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • East Peoria ranks #8,082 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 2,959.8 per 100,000 people. That's 27.35% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 49.09% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
East Peoria
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 655 2,959.8 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 9 40.7 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 32 144.6 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 64 289.2 425.9 369.8
Burglary 62 280.2 246.4 269.8
Larceny 497 2,245.8 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 32 144.6 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 591 2,670.6 1,559.4 1,954.4

East Peoria Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In East Peoria

64
Violent Crimes
289.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-21.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 64 violent crimes in East Peoria in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in East Peoria is 289.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 345.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in East Peoria each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -21.80% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -32.10% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In East Peoria

591
Property Crimes
2,670.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
36.64%
Above The National Average
  • There were 591 property crimes in East Peoria in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in East Peoria is 2,670.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.4 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 36.64% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 71.26% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 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 110,551 4,783 4,326.5 3,137.9 1,188.6
Pekin, IL 31,252 815 2,607.8 2,278.3 329.6
Morton, IL 17,169 210 1,223.1 1,060.1 163.1
Washington, IL 15,910 157 986.8 923.9 62.9
Chillicothe, IL 5,980 126 2,107.0 1,739.1 367.9
Bartonville, IL 5,789 155 2,677.5 2,193.8 483.7
Peoria Heights, IL 5,764 194 3,365.7 2,671.8 694.0
Eureka, IL 5,276 57 1,080.4 568.6 511.8
Marquette Heights, IL 2,626 4 152.3 76.2 76.2
North Pekin, IL 1,540 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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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