South Beloit, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In South Beloit, IL Summary

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

  • There were 93 total crimes committed in South Beloit in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,182.3 total crimes per 100K people in South Beloit.
  • The overall crime rate in South Beloit is -44.21% below the national average.
  • South Beloit ranks #329 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • South Beloit ranks #5,072 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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South Beloit Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in South Beloit is 1,182.3 per 100,000 people. That's -44.21% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -41.01% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
South Beloit
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 93 1,182.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 1 12.7 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 76.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 13 165.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 19 241.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 56 711.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 63.6 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 80 1,017.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

South Beloit 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 South Beloit

13
Violent Crimes
165.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.96%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in South Beloit in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in South Beloit is 165.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 605.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in South Beloit each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.96% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.85% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In South Beloit

80
Property Crimes
1,017.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.21%
Below The National Average
  • There were 80 property crimes in South Beloit in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in South Beloit is 1,017.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 98.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in South Beloit each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.21% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -40.70% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around South Beloit

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
Roscoe, IL 10,805 76 703.4 546.0 157.3
Rockton, IL 7,741 69 891.4 826.8 64.6

South Beloit SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
7
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