Monticello, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Monticello, IL Summary

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

  • There were 14 total crimes committed in Monticello in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 231.7 total crimes per 100K people in Monticello.
  • The overall crime rate in Monticello is -89.06% below the national average.
  • Monticello ranks #81 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Monticello ranks #956 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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Monticello Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Monticello is 231.7 per 100,000 people. That's -89.06% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -88.44% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Monticello
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 14 231.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 0 0.0 289.2 359.0
Burglary 2 33.1 290.5 229.0
Larceny 10 165.5 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 33.1 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 14 231.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Monticello 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 Monticello

0
Violent Crimes
0.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-100.00%
Below The National Average
  • There were 0 violent crimes in Monticello in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Monticello is 0.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in inf chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Monticello each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -100.00% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -100.00% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Monticello

14
Property Crimes
231.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-86.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 14 property crimes in Monticello in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Monticello is 231.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 431.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Monticello each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -86.83% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -86.49% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Monticello

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
Bloomington, IL 77,166 1,050 1,360.7 1,052.3 308.4
Normal, IL 52,573 988 1,879.3 1,550.2 329.1
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
Mattoon, IL 16,464 285 1,731.0 1,202.6 528.4
Rantoul, IL 11,835 275 2,323.6 1,774.4 549.2
Mahomet, IL 10,538 46 436.5 208.8 227.7
Mount Zion, IL 5,833 33 565.7 514.3 51.4

Monticello SnackAbility

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