East St. Louis, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In East St. Louis, IL Summary

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

  • There were 630 total crimes committed in East St. Louis the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,397.5 total crimes per 100K people in East St. Louis.
  • The overall crime rate in East St. Louis is 3.16% above the national average.
  • East St. Louis ranks #514 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • East St. Louis ranks #7,309 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 St. Louis Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in East St. Louis is 2,397.5 per 100,000 people. That's 3.16% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 20.76% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
East St. Louis
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 630 2,397.5 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 50 190.3 9.1 6.3
Robbery 31 118.0 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 189 719.3 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 280 1,065.6 425.9 369.8
Burglary 153 582.3 246.4 269.8
Larceny 111 422.4 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 122 464.3 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 350 1,332.0 1,559.4 1,954.4

East St. Louis 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 St. Louis

280
Violent Crimes
1,065.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
188.15%
Above The National Average
  • There were 280 violent crimes in East St. Louis in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in East St. Louis is 1,065.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 93.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in East St. Louis each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 188.15% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 150.18% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In East St. Louis

350
Property Crimes
1,332.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 350 property crimes in East St. Louis in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in East St. Louis is 1,332.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in East St. Louis each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.85% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.58% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around East St. Louis

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
O'Fallon, IL 32,250 410 1,271.3 1,116.3 155.0
Edwardsville, IL 25,117 212 844.0 780.3 63.7
Shiloh, IL 14,616 146 998.9 896.3 102.6
Swansea, IL 14,068 200 1,421.7 1,322.1 99.5
Glen Carbon, IL 13,822 176 1,273.3 1,201.0 72.3
Cahokia, IL 13,738 334 2,431.2 1,747.0 684.2
Troy, IL 11,260 68 603.9 497.3 106.6
Columbia, IL 10,491 69 657.7 495.7 162.0
Mascoutah, IL 8,622 40 463.9 394.3 69.6
Maryville, IL 8,194 48 585.8 451.5 134.2

East St. Louis SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
2
Affordability
7
Diversity
3
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
4
Commute
8
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