Mount Zion, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mount Zion, IL Summary

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

  • There were 33 total crimes committed in Mount Zion in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 565.7 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Zion.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Zion is -73.30% below the national average.
  • Mount Zion ranks #166 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Mount Zion ranks #2,517 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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Mount Zion Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Zion is 565.7 per 100,000 people. That's -73.30% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -71.77% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Zion
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 33 565.7 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 3 51.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 6 102.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 22 377.2 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 34.3 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 30 514.3 1,715.2 1,760.0

Mount Zion 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 Mount Zion

3
Violent Crimes
51.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 violent crimes in Mount Zion in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Zion is 51.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,944.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Zion each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.67% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -82.22% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Zion

30
Property Crimes
514.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.78%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 property crimes in Mount Zion in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Zion is 514.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 194.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Zion each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.78% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.01% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Zion

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Springfield, IL 111,965 6,508 5,812.5 4,911.4 901.2
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
Decatur, IL 67,934 2,357 3,469.5 2,867.5 602.1
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
Chatham, IL 14,562 87 597.4 494.4 103.0
Mahomet, IL 10,538 46 436.5 208.8 227.7
Monticello, IL 6,041 14 231.7 231.7 0.0

Mount Zion SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
9.5
Diversity
5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
9
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