Mattoon, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mattoon, IL Summary

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

  • There were 285 total crimes committed in Mattoon in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,731.0 total crimes per 100K people in Mattoon.
  • The overall crime rate in Mattoon is -18.32% below the national average.
  • Mattoon ranks #398 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Mattoon ranks #6,643 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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Mattoon Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mattoon is 1,731.0 per 100,000 people. That's -18.32% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -13.64% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mattoon
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 285 1,731.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 6.1 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 12.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 52 315.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 87 528.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 53 321.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 121 734.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 24 145.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 198 1,202.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Mattoon 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 Mattoon

87
Violent Crimes
528.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
47.19%
Above The National Average
  • There were 87 violent crimes in Mattoon in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mattoon is 528.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 189.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mattoon each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 47.19% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 82.73% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mattoon

198
Property Crimes
1,202.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 198 property crimes in Mattoon in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mattoon is 1,202.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mattoon each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.67% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.88% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mattoon

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Champaign, IL 89,466 2,488 2,780.9 2,279.1 501.9
Urbana, IL 38,204 1,160 3,036.3 2,491.9 544.4
Charleston, IL 16,957 365 2,152.5 1,792.8 359.7
Effingham, IL 12,246 269 2,196.6 1,976.2 220.5
Mahomet, IL 10,538 46 436.5 208.8 227.7
Monticello, IL 6,041 14 231.7 231.7 0.0
Mount Zion, IL 5,833 33 565.7 514.3 51.4
Pana, IL 5,005 61 1,218.8 1,158.8 59.9

Mattoon SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
9
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