Roscoe, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Roscoe, IL Summary

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

  • There were 76 total crimes committed in Roscoe in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 703.4 total crimes per 100K people in Roscoe.
  • The overall crime rate in Roscoe is -66.81% below the national average.
  • Roscoe ranks #215 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Roscoe ranks #3,182 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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Roscoe Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Roscoe is 703.4 per 100,000 people. That's -66.81% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -64.91% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Roscoe
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 76 703.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 1 9.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 15 138.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 17 157.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 18 166.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 39 360.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 2 18.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 59 546.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Roscoe 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 Roscoe

17
Violent Crimes
157.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-56.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Roscoe in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Roscoe is 157.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 635.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Roscoe each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -56.17% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.59% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Roscoe

59
Property Crimes
546.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-68.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 59 property crimes in Roscoe in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Roscoe is 546.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 183.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Roscoe each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -68.97% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.16% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Roscoe

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Rockford, IL 145,280 5,226 3,597.2 2,517.2 1,080.0
Janesville, WI 66,247 1,315 1,985.0 1,841.6 143.4
Beloit, WI 36,231 944 2,605.5 2,213.6 391.9
Belvidere, IL 25,302 149 588.9 438.7 150.2
Loves Park, IL 23,312 405 1,737.3 1,381.3 356.0
Machesney Park, IL 22,530 418 1,855.3 1,535.7 319.6
Harvard, IL 9,323 71 761.6 622.1 139.4
South Beloit, IL 7,866 93 1,182.3 1,017.0 165.3
Rockton, IL 7,741 69 891.4 826.8 64.6

Roscoe SnackAbility

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