Vandalia, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Vandalia, IL Summary

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

  • There were 90 total crimes committed in Vandalia in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,228.3 total crimes per 100K people in Vandalia.
  • The overall crime rate in Vandalia is -42.04% below the national average.
  • Vandalia ranks #340 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Vandalia ranks #5,229 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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Vandalia Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Vandalia is 1,228.3 per 100,000 people. That's -42.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -38.72% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vandalia
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 90 1,228.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 3 40.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 21 286.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 57 777.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 122.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 87 1,187.4 1,715.2 1,760.0

Vandalia 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 Vandalia

3
Violent Crimes
40.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.59%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 violent crimes in Vandalia in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vandalia is 40.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,442.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vandalia each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.59% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -85.84% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vandalia

87
Property Crimes
1,187.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-32.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 87 property crimes in Vandalia in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vandalia is 1,187.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 84.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Vandalia each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -32.53% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -30.77% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Vandalia

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Glen Carbon, IL 13,870 162 1,168.0 1,103.1 64.9
Effingham, IL 12,246 269 2,196.6 1,976.2 220.5
Troy, IL 11,297 53 469.2 460.3 8.9
Highland, IL 9,935 73 734.8 603.9 130.9
Mascoutah, IL 8,977 35 389.9 345.3 44.6
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0
Greenville, IL 6,951 78 1,122.1 1,021.4 100.7
Carlinville, IL 5,480 181 3,302.9 2,865.0 438.0

Vandalia SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
9
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