Hillsboro, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hillsboro, IL Summary

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

  • There were 45 total crimes committed in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 783.4 total crimes per 100K people in Hillsboro.
  • The overall crime rate in Hillsboro is -63.03% below the national average.
  • Hillsboro ranks #242 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Hillsboro ranks #3,540 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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Hillsboro Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hillsboro is 783.4 per 100,000 people. That's -63.03% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -60.91% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hillsboro
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 45 783.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 69.6 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 12 208.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 8 139.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 23 400.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 34.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 33 574.5 1,715.2 1,760.0

Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro

12
Violent Crimes
208.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-41.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hillsboro is 208.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 478.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -41.81% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -27.76% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hillsboro

33
Property Crimes
574.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-67.36%
Below The National Average
  • There were 33 property crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hillsboro is 574.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 174.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -67.36% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -66.50% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hillsboro

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
Shiloh, IL 14,950 121 809.4 635.5 173.9
Chatham, IL 14,562 87 597.4 494.4 103.0
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
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
Litchfield, IL 6,566 221 3,365.8 3,137.4 228.4

Hillsboro SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
9.5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
4
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