Fairview Heights, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fairview Heights, IL Summary

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

  • There were 548 total crimes committed in Fairview Heights in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,436.2 total crimes per 100K people in Fairview Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Fairview Heights is 62.14% above the national average.
  • Fairview Heights ranks #492 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Fairview Heights ranks #8,947 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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Fairview Heights Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fairview Heights is 3,436.2 per 100,000 people. That's 62.14% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 71.43% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fairview Heights
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 548 3,436.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 6.3 5.8 5.0
Robbery 4 25.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 48 301.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 65 407.6 289.2 359.0
Burglary 48 301.0 290.5 229.0
Larceny 403 2,527.0 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 32 200.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 483 3,028.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Fairview Heights 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 Fairview Heights

65
Violent Crimes
407.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
13.53%
Above The National Average
  • There were 65 violent crimes in Fairview Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fairview Heights is 407.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 245.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fairview Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 13.53% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 40.94% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fairview Heights

483
Property Crimes
3,028.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
72.08%
Above The National Average
  • There were 483 property crimes in Fairview Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fairview Heights is 3,028.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 33.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fairview Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 72.08% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 76.57% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fairview Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Belleville, IL 40,225 943 2,344.3 1,812.3 532.0
O'Fallon, IL 31,856 387 1,214.8 1,020.2 194.6
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Collinsville, IL 23,599 461 1,953.5 1,758.5 194.9
Shiloh, IL 14,950 121 809.4 635.5 173.9
Swansea, IL 14,515 114 785.4 744.1 41.3
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
Columbia, IL 10,491 69 657.7 495.7 162.0
Mascoutah, IL 8,977 35 389.9 345.3 44.6

Fairview Heights SnackAbility

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