Glen Carbon, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Glen Carbon, IL Summary

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

  • There were 162 total crimes committed in Glen Carbon in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,168.0 total crimes per 100K people in Glen Carbon.
  • The overall crime rate in Glen Carbon is -44.89% below the national average.
  • Glen Carbon ranks #327 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Glen Carbon ranks #5,023 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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Glen Carbon Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Glen Carbon is 1,168.0 per 100,000 people. That's -44.89% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -41.73% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Glen Carbon
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 162 1,168.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 43.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 9 64.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 13 93.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 136 980.5 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 28.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 153 1,103.1 1,715.2 1,760.0

Glen Carbon 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 Glen Carbon

9
Violent Crimes
64.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-81.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Glen Carbon in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Glen Carbon is 64.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,541.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Glen Carbon each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -81.93% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.56% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Glen Carbon

153
Property Crimes
1,103.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-37.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 153 property crimes in Glen Carbon in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Glen Carbon is 1,103.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 90.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Glen Carbon each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -37.32% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.69% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Glen Carbon

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Troy, IL 11,297 53 469.2 460.3 8.9
Highland, IL 9,935 73 734.8 603.9 130.9
Bethalto, IL 9,125 80 876.7 789.0 87.7
Mascoutah, IL 8,977 35 389.9 345.3 44.6
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0

Glen Carbon SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
9
Amenities
8
Education
9.5
Commute
7
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