Photo: RSchulenburg · CC BY-SA 3.0Less property crime is recorded per resident in Belvidere than in 81% of U.S. towns
Overall, Belvidere grades B+ for safety (#147 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.8 violent crimes and 4.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. What’s more, the rate the grade counts dropped 20% 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 Belvidere
Belvidere reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Illinois towns on Belvidere’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cherry Valley (D). Neighbors ↓
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 Belvidere’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Belvidere’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Belvidere property | Rest of Illinois property | Belvidere violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.2 | 19.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 19.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 4.7 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Belvidere | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Belvidere’s police reported 134 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Belvidere 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.
155 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.
35 violent and 120 property, as reported to the FBI by Belvidere’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Belvidere’s roads in 2019–2023
Belvidere had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Belvidere’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Belvidere’s own rate (4.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Belvidere and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | B+ | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| Cherry Valley | D | 4.0 | 44.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | B+ | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| Homer Glen | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
| Woodstock | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| West Chicago | B+ | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| South Elgin | B+ | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| Alton | D | 9.1 | 29.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Belvidere’s population (25,462), 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 Belvidere. 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 Belvidere’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (25,339 in 2025); our figure for Belvidere is 25,462 (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 Belvidere
Is Belvidere, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Belvidere reports less crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #147 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.8 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 Belvidere?
1.8 violent and 4.8 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 Belvidere in 2025?
Belvidere’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Belvidere safer than Cherry Valley?
Cherry Valley reports more crime per resident than Belvidere: Cherry Valley grades D for safety and Belvidere B+. Cherry Valley’s police reported 4.0 violent and 44.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Belvidere?
Belvidere’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Belvidere”. 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.