Jerseyville, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Jerseyville, IL Summary

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

  • There were 141 total crimes committed in Jerseyville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,710.5 total crimes per 100K people in Jerseyville.
  • The overall crime rate in Jerseyville is -19.28% below the national average.
  • Jerseyville ranks #395 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Jerseyville ranks #6,599 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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Jerseyville Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Jerseyville is 1,710.5 per 100,000 people. That's -19.28% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -14.66% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Jerseyville
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 141 1,710.5 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 5 60.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 7 84.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 37 448.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 92 1,116.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 60.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 134 1,625.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Jerseyville 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 Jerseyville

7
Violent Crimes
84.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Jerseyville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Jerseyville is 84.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,177.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Jerseyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.35% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.63% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Jerseyville

134
Property Crimes
1,625.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 134 property crimes in Jerseyville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Jerseyville is 1,625.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Jerseyville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.64% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.22% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Jerseyville

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
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
Bethalto, IL 9,125 80 876.7 789.0 87.7
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0

Jerseyville SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
4
Affordability
9
Diversity
4
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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