Photo: G LeTourneau · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Batavia records less violent crime than 76% of U.S. towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 0.7 violent crime and 8.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. The overall Safety Grade is B+ (#136 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), which means less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, judged on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. The rate the grade counts dropped 25% from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IL” is every other Illinois city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Batavia
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Batavia’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Geneva (B+), West Chicago (B+), Aurora (C+). North Aurora reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Geneva Township and Batavia Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Batavia has 17,657 jobs based in town for 26,586 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Batavia’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Batavia | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Batavia’s police reported 59 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Batavia property | Rest of Illinois property | Batavia violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.6 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 19.9 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 7.5 | 17.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Crime in Batavia per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
215 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
16 violent and 199 property, as reported to the FBI by Batavia’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Batavia’s roads in 2019–2023
Batavia had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is 8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Batavia and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | B+ | 0.7 | 8.4 |
| Geneva | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| North Aurora | — | — | — |
| Aurora | C+ | 2.7 | 11.4 |
| West Chicago | B+ | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| Geneva Township | — | — | — |
| Batavia Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Aurora reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Geneva Township and Batavia Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia | B+ | 0.7 | 8.4 |
| Oak Forest | A− | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Edwardsville | A− | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| Yorkville | A− | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| Granite City | D | 6.5 | 24.3 |
| Chicago Heights | D− | 12.6 | 29.2 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Batavia’s population (26,586), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Batavia. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Batavia’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,566 in 2025); our figure for Batavia is 26,586 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Batavia
Is Batavia, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Batavia reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #136 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Batavia?
0.7 violent and 8.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Batavia in 2025?
Batavia’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Batavia safer than Geneva?
Geneva reports less crime per resident than Batavia: Geneva grades B+ for safety and Batavia B+. Geneva’s police reported 0.9 violent and 7.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Batavia?
Batavia’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Batavia”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.