Decatur, IL crime rate
In 2025 the Decatur Police Department reported 681.6 violent crimes and 2,620.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Illinois and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 15, 2024: 5, 2025: 9 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Decatur compare with Illinois and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Decatur only.
What offenses were reported in Decatur, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Illinois | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 465 | 681.6 | 251.0 | 327.6 | up 12.4% | down 20.1% |
| Murder | 9 | 13.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | See data note | up 14.8% |
| Rape | 73 | 107.0 | 45.4 | 36.1 | up 114.0% | up 32.6% |
| Robbery | 46 | 67.4 | 60.5 | 49.4 | down 27.3% | down 32.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 337 | 494.0 | 140.7 | 238.0 | up 8.3% | down 25.3% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 1,788 | 2,620.9 | 1,507.5 | 1,534.8 | down 11.1% | down 0.6% |
| Burglary | 380 | 557.0 | 160.5 | 193.6 | down 39.9% | down 7.5% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,190 | 1,744.3 | 1,109.1 | 1,144.1 | up 11.7% | up 7.6% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 186 | 272.6 | 237.9 | 197.0 | down 33.4% | down 23.1% |
| Arson | 32 | 46.9 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 3.5% | down 20.6% |
Reported = offenses known to the Decatur Police Department and sent to the FBI. Illinois and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Decatur | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 852.7 | 387.0 | 344.8 |
| 2022 | 713.8 | 388.7 | 290.5 |
| 2023 | 683.7 | 379.5 | 308.7 |
| 2024 | 606.5 | 362.9 | 290.3 |
| 2025 | 681.6 | 327.6 | 251.0 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Decatur | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,635.9 | 1,832.3 | 1,393.3 |
| 2022 | 2,546.9 | 1,973.8 | 1,692.6 |
| 2023 | 2,650.0 | 1,934.1 | 1,706.0 |
| 2024 | 2,947.0 | 1,761.1 | 1,725.3 |
| 2025 | 2,620.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,507.5 |
Is Decatur safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Decatur Police Department reported, 681.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Illinois's 251.0, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It rose 12.4% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
With 465 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, Decatur police recorded a rate of 681.6 per 100,000 residents covered by the Decatur Police Department. That is 2.7 times the Illinois estimate of 251.0 and 2.1 times the US rate of 327.6. The violent rate rose 12.4% from 2024.
It is still 20.1% below the 2021 level of 852.7. Rape rose 114.0% in the last year and 32.6% since 2021, to 107.0 per 100,000, which is 3.0 times the US rate. Aggravated assault, 72% of violent crime, was 3.5 times the state rate, and robbery fell 27.3% from 2024.
There were 9 homicides in 2025, a rate of 13.2 per 100,000; the 2024 murder count is flagged as an unusual change, so no murder trend is given. Property crime was 2,620.9 per 100,000, 1.7 times both the state's 1,507.5 and the national 1,534.8, and 11.1% lower than in 2024. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses in the last year, 39.9%, to 557.0 per 100,000.
Larceny-theft had the largest rise, 11.7% from 2024, and made up 67% of property crime. Since 2021, motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 23.1%. The department sent all 12 months in each of the 5 years shown and has reported to NIBRS since 2021.
The Macon County Sheriff's Office and Decatur Park District report separately, so their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.24 per 1,000 residents (139 officers, 14 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Illinois cities
The nearest Illinois cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Decatur Police Department (ORI IL0580200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Illinois and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0580200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Decatur Police Department (IL0580200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_IL0580200__from-2021-to-2025.json)