Geneva, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Geneva, IL Summary

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

  • There were 123 total crimes committed in Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 584.2 total crimes per 100K people in Geneva.
  • The overall crime rate in Geneva is -72.44% below the national average.
  • Geneva ranks #173 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Geneva ranks #2,617 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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Geneva Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Geneva is 584.2 per 100,000 people. That's -72.44% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -70.86% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Geneva
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 123 584.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 2 9.5 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 23.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 13 61.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 6 28.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 100 474.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 19.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 110 522.4 1,715.2 1,760.0

Geneva 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 Geneva

13
Violent Crimes
61.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-82.80%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Geneva is 61.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,619.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Geneva each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -82.80% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.65% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Geneva

110
Property Crimes
522.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 110 property crimes in Geneva in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Geneva is 522.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 191.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Geneva each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.32% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -69.54% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Geneva

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Hoffman Estates, IL 49,467 565 1,142.2 992.6 149.6
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Bartlett, IL 39,656 166 418.6 390.9 27.7
St. Charles, IL 32,529 376 1,155.9 1,063.7 92.2
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Batavia, IL 26,208 221 843.3 751.7 91.6
West Chicago, IL 24,968 199 797.0 612.8 184.2
South Elgin, IL 24,420 209 855.9 667.5 188.4

Geneva SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
9.5
Commute
5
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