Monticello, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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

  • There were 20 total crimes committed in Monticello the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 361.5 total crimes per 100K people in Monticello.
  • The overall crime rate in Monticello is -84.44% below the national average.
  • Monticello ranks #181 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Monticello ranks #1,297 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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Monticello Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Monticello is 361.5 per 100,000 people. That's -84.44% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -81.79% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Monticello
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 20 361.5 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 1 18.1 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 108.5 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 7 126.5 425.9 369.8
Burglary 11 198.8 246.4 269.8
Larceny 0 0.0 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 2 36.2 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 13 235.0 1,559.4 1,954.4

Monticello 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 Monticello

7
Violent Crimes
126.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-65.78%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Monticello in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Monticello is 126.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 790.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Monticello each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -65.78% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -70.29% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Monticello

13
Property Crimes
235.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-87.98%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 property crimes in Monticello in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Monticello is 235.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 425.5 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 -87.98% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -84.93% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 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 89,815 2,127 2,368.2 1,722.4 645.8
Bloomington, IL 77,166 1,050 1,360.7 1,052.3 308.4
Normal, IL 53,613 845 1,576.1 1,348.6 227.6
Urbana, IL 41,673 1,032 2,476.4 1,977.3 499.1
Charleston, IL 19,987 102 510.3 350.2 160.1
Mattoon, IL 17,514 112 639.5 319.7 319.7
Rantoul, IL 11,971 339 2,831.8 2,222.0 609.8
Mahomet, IL 9,709 70 721.0 545.9 175.1
Mount Zion, IL 5,867 51 869.3 750.0 119.3

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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