Monmouth, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Monmouth, IL Summary

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

  • There were 147 total crimes committed in Monmouth in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,737.6 total crimes per 100K people in Monmouth.
  • The overall crime rate in Monmouth is -18.01% below the national average.
  • Monmouth ranks #401 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Monmouth ranks #6,664 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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Monmouth Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Monmouth is 1,737.6 per 100,000 people. That's -18.01% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -13.31% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Monmouth
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 147 1,737.6 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 24 283.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 31 366.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 42 496.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 69 815.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 59.1 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 116 1,371.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Monmouth 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 Monmouth

31
Violent Crimes
366.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
2.07%
Above The National Average
  • There were 31 violent crimes in Monmouth in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Monmouth is 366.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 272.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Monmouth each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 2.07% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 26.71% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Monmouth

116
Property Crimes
1,371.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-22.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 116 property crimes in Monmouth in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Monmouth is 1,371.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 72.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Monmouth each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -22.09% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.06% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Monmouth

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Moline, IL 41,659 1,549 3,718.3 3,334.2 384.1
Bettendorf, IA 40,105 390 972.4 867.7 104.7
Rock Island, IL 35,841 1,168 3,258.8 2,714.8 544.1
Galesburg, IL 28,864 1,004 3,478.4 2,965.6 512.7
East Moline, IL 20,637 551 2,670.0 2,355.0 315.0
Macomb, IL 14,798 137 925.8 810.9 114.9
Kewanee, IL 12,338 465 3,768.8 3,306.9 462.0
Silvis, IL 7,865 304 3,865.2 3,623.6 241.6
Geneseo, IL 6,520 62 950.9 858.9 92.0
Colona, IL 4,958 45 907.6 847.1 60.5

Monmouth SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
3
Affordability
9.5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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