Sandwich, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sandwich, IL Summary

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

  • There were 22 total crimes committed in Sandwich in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 305.0 total crimes per 100K people in Sandwich.
  • The overall crime rate in Sandwich is -85.61% below the national average.
  • Sandwich ranks #101 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Sandwich ranks #1,264 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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Sandwich Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sandwich is 305.0 per 100,000 people. That's -85.61% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -84.78% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sandwich
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 22 305.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 13.9 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 2 27.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 4 55.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 16 221.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 20 277.3 1,715.2 1,760.0

Sandwich 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 Sandwich

2
Violent Crimes
27.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-92.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Sandwich in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sandwich is 27.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 3,606.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sandwich each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -92.28% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -90.41% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sandwich

20
Property Crimes
277.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-84.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 property crimes in Sandwich in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sandwich is 277.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 360.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sandwich each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -84.24% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -83.83% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sandwich

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Aurora, IL 176,688 2,682 1,517.9 1,251.9 266.0
Plainfield, IL 48,311 358 741.0 683.1 58.0
Oswego, IL 37,893 222 585.9 551.6 34.3
Yorkville, IL 25,788 119 461.5 387.8 73.7
Montgomery, IL 22,489 231 1,027.2 911.6 115.6
North Aurora, IL 19,276 194 1,006.4 871.6 134.9
Plano, IL 12,942 83 641.3 571.8 69.5
Sugar Grove, IL 9,194 33 358.9 326.3 32.6
Elburn, IL 6,680 39 583.8 538.9 44.9

Sandwich SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
4
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