Morton, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Morton, IL Summary

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

  • There were 160 total crimes committed in Morton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 909.5 total crimes per 100K people in Morton.
  • The overall crime rate in Morton is -57.08% below the national average.
  • Morton ranks #270 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Morton ranks #4,041 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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Morton Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Morton is 909.5 per 100,000 people. That's -57.08% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -54.62% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Morton
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 160 909.5 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 11.4 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 8 45.5 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 15 85.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 33 187.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 103 585.5 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 51.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 145 824.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Morton 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 Morton

15
Violent Crimes
85.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.25%
Below The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in Morton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Morton is 85.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,172.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Morton each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.25% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.52% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Morton

145
Property Crimes
824.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-53.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 145 property crimes in Morton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Morton is 824.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 121.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Morton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -53.17% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.94% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Morton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Peoria, IL 109,677 6,174 5,629.3 4,284.4 1,344.9
Pekin, IL 31,053 834 2,685.7 2,357.3 328.5
East Peoria, IL 21,873 575 2,628.8 2,363.6 265.2
Washington, IL 15,760 193 1,224.6 1,129.4 95.2
Bartonville, IL 5,730 138 2,408.4 2,024.4 383.9
Peoria Heights, IL 5,699 198 3,474.3 2,667.1 807.2
Eureka, IL 5,276 57 1,080.4 568.6 511.8

Morton SnackAbility

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