Mendota, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mendota:

  • There were 32 total crimes committed in Mendota the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 460.2 total crimes per 100K people in Mendota.
  • The overall crime rate in Mendota is -80.20% below the national average.
  • Mendota ranks #216 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Mendota ranks #1,638 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 460.2 per 100,000 people. That's -80.20% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -76.82% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mendota
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 32 460.2 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 1 14.4 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 8 115.0 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 10 143.8 425.9 369.8
Burglary 15 215.7 246.4 269.8
Larceny 0 0.0 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 7 100.7 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 22 316.4 1,559.4 1,954.4

Mendota Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Mendota

10
Violent Crimes
143.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-61.11%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mendota is 143.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 695.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mendota each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -61.11% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -66.24% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mendota

22
Property Crimes
316.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-83.81%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 property crimes in Mendota in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mendota is 316.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 316.1 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 -83.81% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -79.71% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 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 46,004 348 756.5 676.0 80.4
Oswego, IL 35,932 218 606.7 517.6 89.1
St. Charles, IL 32,973 440 1,334.4 1,204.0 130.4
Batavia, IL 26,088 302 1,157.6 1,058.0 99.7
Geneva, IL 21,152 152 718.6 628.8 89.8
Sycamore, IL 18,673 248 1,328.1 1,178.2 149.9
Campton Hills, IL 10,802 1 9.3 9.3 0.0
Genoa, IL 5,244 11 209.8 57.2 152.6
Earlville, IL 1,588 21 1,322.4 1,259.4 63.0
Ladd, IL 1,184 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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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