Peoria, IL crime rate
In 2025 the Peoria Police Department reported 1,256.9 violent crimes and 3,978.8 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, 2025: possibly incomplete. 12 reported; 5 of 12 months zero (Feb, Apr, Aug, Sep, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 24 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2024: possibly incomplete. 13 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Jun, Oct, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 24 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Burglary, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 827, 2024: 1,583, 2025: 833 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
- Murder, 2023: possibly incomplete. 21 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Jan, Apr, Jun, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 24 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Peoria compare with Illinois and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Peoria only.
What offenses were reported in Peoria, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Illinois | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,400 | 1,256.9 | 251.0 | 327.6 | down 4.1% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Murder | 12 | 4.4 | 4.1 | See data note | See data note | |
| Rape | 223 | 200.2 | 45.4 | 36.1 | up 37.2% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 148 | 132.9 | 60.5 | 49.4 | up 4.2% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 1,017 | 913.0 | 140.7 | 238.0 | down 10.9% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,432 | 3,978.8 | 1,507.5 | 1,534.8 | down 8.2% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 833 | 747.8 | 160.5 | 193.6 | See data note | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 2,895 | 2,599.0 | 1,109.1 | 1,144.1 | up 25.8% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 641 | 575.5 | 237.9 | 197.0 | down 26.0% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
| Arson | 63 | 56.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 15.0% | 2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Peoria 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
2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Peoria | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 10 of 12 months | 387.0 | 344.8 |
| 2022 | 1,196.7 | 388.7 | 290.5 |
| 2023 | 1,202.3 | 379.5 | 308.7 |
| 2024 | 1,310.2 | 362.9 | 290.3 |
| 2025 | 1,256.9 | 327.6 | 251.0 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 10 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Peoria | United States | Illinois |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 10 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,393.3 |
| 2022 | 3,242.8 | 1,973.8 | 1,692.6 |
| 2023 | 3,915.8 | 1,934.1 | 1,706.0 |
| 2024 | 4,336.4 | 1,761.1 | 1,725.3 |
| 2025 | 3,978.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,507.5 |
Is Peoria safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Peoria Police Department reported, 1,256.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Illinois's 251.0, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 4.1% 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.
Peoria police had 1,400 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 1,256.9 per 100,000 residents covered by the Peoria Police Department. The rate was 5.0 times the Illinois estimate of 251.0 and 3.8 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime came to 3,978.8 per 100,000, 2.6 times both the state figure of 1,507.5 and the national 1,534.8.
Measured from 2022, the first full year shown, violent crime was 5.0% higher and property crime 22.7% higher. In the last year both fell: violent crime by 4.1% and property crime by 8.2%. Rape rose 103.0% from 2022 to 200.2 per 100,000, 5.5 times the US rate.
Aggravated assault made up 73% of violent crime; its rate of 913.0 was 5.5% below 2022. Larceny-theft rose 29.7% from 2022 and was 65% of property crime, while motor vehicle theft fell 26.0% from 2024. Murder counts for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are flagged as possibly incomplete, with several months sent as zero, and the 2024 burglary count is flagged as an unusual change, so those numbers are not used and neither offense group is ranked.
2021 is a partial year: 10 of 12 months. The department switched to NIBRS in 2022. The Peoria County Sheriff's Office and Peoria Park District report separately, and their cases are not in these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.29 per 1,000 residents (225 officers, 30 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, Peoria Police Department (ORI IL0720700), 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)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_IL0720700_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Peoria Police Department (IL0720700): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_IL0720700__from-2021-to-2025.json)