Olney, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Olney, IL Summary

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

  • There were 107 total crimes committed in Olney in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,265.8 total crimes per 100K people in Olney.
  • The overall crime rate in Olney is -40.27% below the national average.
  • Olney ranks #346 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Olney ranks #5,358 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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Olney Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Olney is 1,265.8 per 100,000 people. That's -40.27% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -36.85% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Olney
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 107 1,265.8 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 201.1 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 19 224.8 289.2 359.0
Burglary 23 272.1 290.5 229.0
Larceny 60 709.8 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 59.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 88 1,041.1 1,715.2 1,760.0

Olney 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 Olney

19
Violent Crimes
224.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-37.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Olney in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Olney is 224.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 444.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Olney each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -37.39% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -22.27% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Olney

88
Property Crimes
1,041.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 88 property crimes in Olney in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Olney is 1,041.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 96.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Olney each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.85% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.30% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Olney

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Vincennes, IN 16,535 435 2,630.8 2,509.8 121.0
Washington, IN 12,674 94 741.7 473.4 268.3
Effingham, IL 12,246 269 2,196.6 1,976.2 220.5
Salem, IL 6,988 107 1,531.2 1,144.8 386.4
Robinson, IL 6,968 133 1,908.7 1,607.3 301.4
Mount Carmel, IL 6,676 40 599.2 464.3 134.8
Carmi, IL 4,639 73 1,573.6 1,142.5 431.1

Olney SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
3
Affordability
9.5
Diversity
5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
8.5
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