Property crime per resident is higher in East Peoria than in 87% of U.S. towns
That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crimes East Peoria’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #296 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 2.9 violent crimes and 26.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Still, among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 East Peoria
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on East Peoria’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Morton (B+), Washington (B−), Peoria (D−). Creve Coeur, Peoria City Township and Fondulac Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
East Peoria is home to Illinois Central College, with 6,125 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind East Peoria’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) 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.
Crime in East Peoria 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | East Peoria | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Peoria’s police reported 191 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 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 is steady
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| Year | East Peoria property | Rest of Illinois property | East Peoria violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.7 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 27.9 | 19.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 23.6 | 19.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 27.2 | 17.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
661 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.
64 violent and 597 property, as reported to the FBI by East Peoria’s police.
11 people died in crashes on East Peoria’s roads in 2019–2023
East Peoria had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 9.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 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.
East Peoria and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peoria | C− | 2.9 | 26.3 |
| Creve Coeur | — | — | — |
| Washington | B− | 1.1 | 14.7 |
| Morton | B+ | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Peoria | D− | 12.7 | 40.1 |
| Peoria City Township | — | — | — |
| Fondulac Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Creve Coeur, Peoria City Township and Fondulac Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peoria | C− | 2.9 | 26.3 |
| Darien | A− | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Montgomery | B | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| Villa Park | B− | 1.6 | 12.9 |
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Carbondale | D− | 9.2 | 31.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to East Peoria’s population (22,088), 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 East Peoria. 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 East Peoria’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,921 in 2025); our figure for East Peoria is 22,088 (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 East Peoria
Is East Peoria, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Peoria reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #296 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 2.9 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 East Peoria?
2.9 violent and 26.3 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.
Is East Peoria safer than Washington?
Washington reports less crime per resident than East Peoria: Washington grades B− for safety and East Peoria C−. Washington’s police reported 1.1 violent and 14.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Peoria?
East Peoria’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Peoria”. 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.