Sycamore, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sycamore, IL Summary

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

  • There were 197 total crimes committed in Sycamore in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,052.5 total crimes per 100K people in Sycamore.
  • The overall crime rate in Sycamore is -50.34% below the national average.
  • Sycamore ranks #311 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Sycamore ranks #4,590 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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Sycamore Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sycamore is 1,052.5 per 100,000 people. That's -50.34% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -47.49% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sycamore
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 197 1,052.5 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.3 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 21.4 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 8 42.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 16 85.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 155 828.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 18 96.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 189 1,009.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Sycamore 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 Sycamore

8
Violent Crimes
42.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Sycamore in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sycamore is 42.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,339.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sycamore each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.09% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -85.22% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sycamore

189
Property Crimes
1,009.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 189 property crimes in Sycamore in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sycamore is 1,009.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 99.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sycamore each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.63% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.13% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sycamore

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
DeKalb, IL 40,208 1,169 2,907.4 2,514.4 393.0
St. Charles, IL 32,529 376 1,155.9 1,063.7 92.2
Huntley, IL 28,439 130 457.1 429.0 28.1
South Elgin, IL 24,420 209 855.9 667.5 188.4
Geneva, IL 21,056 123 584.2 522.4 61.7
Campton Hills, IL 10,768 6 55.7 46.4 9.3
Sugar Grove, IL 9,194 33 358.9 326.3 32.6
Gilberts, IL 8,909 22 246.9 213.3 33.7
Hampshire, IL 8,239 32 388.4 352.0 36.4
Elburn, IL 6,680 39 583.8 538.9 44.9

Sycamore SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
6
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