Mendota, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mendota, IL Summary

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

  • There were 35 total crimes committed in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 507.8 total crimes per 100K people in Mendota.
  • The overall crime rate in Mendota is -76.04% below the national average.
  • Mendota ranks #151 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Mendota ranks #2,258 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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Mendota Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mendota is 507.8 per 100,000 people. That's -76.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -74.67% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mendota
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 35 507.8 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 72.5 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 9 130.6 289.2 359.0
Burglary 7 101.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 18 261.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 14.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 26 377.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Mendota 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 Mendota

9
Violent Crimes
130.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-63.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mendota is 130.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 765.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mendota each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -63.63% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.85% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mendota

26
Property Crimes
377.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-78.57%
Below The National Average
  • There were 26 property crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mendota is 377.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 265.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mendota each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -78.57% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.01% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mendota

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Plainfield, IL 48,311 358 741.0 683.1 58.0
Oswego, IL 37,893 222 585.9 551.6 34.3
St. Charles, IL 32,529 376 1,155.9 1,063.7 92.2
Batavia, IL 26,208 221 843.3 751.7 91.6
Geneva, IL 21,056 123 584.2 522.4 61.7
Sycamore, IL 18,718 197 1,052.5 1,009.7 42.7
Campton Hills, IL 10,768 6 55.7 46.4 9.3
Sugar Grove, IL 9,194 33 358.9 326.3 32.6
Genoa, IL 5,244 11 209.8 57.2 152.6

Mendota SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
9
Diversity
8
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
5
Commute
8
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