Photo: Bnperdue2010 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Hampshire than in 90% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 84% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 88%. The graded rate rose 100% from 2023 to 2025. Counting crimes Hampshire’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #39 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.5 violent crime and 3.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois.
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 Hampshire
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Hampshire’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pingree Grove (A+). Rutland Township and Coral Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Hampshire’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hampshire property | Rest of Illinois property | Hampshire violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 20.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 19.5 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 19.9 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 4.6 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hampshire | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hampshire’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Hampshire 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.
49 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.
7 violent and 42 property, as reported to the FBI by Hampshire’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Hampshire’s roads in 2019–2023
Hampshire had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (1 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Hampshire’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hampshire’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Hampshire and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Rutland Township | — | — | — |
| Pingree Grove | A+ | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Coral Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Rutland Township and Coral Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | A | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Mascoutah | A | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| Manteno | A− | 1.2 | 3.9 |
| Bethalto | B+ | 0.9 | 8.2 |
| Flossmoor | C | 0.8 | 25.1 |
| Steger | C | 3.0 | 18.2 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hampshire’s population (9,266), 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 Hampshire. 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 Hampshire’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,202 in 2025); our figure for Hampshire is 9,266 (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 Hampshire
Is Hampshire, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hampshire reports less crime per resident than 90% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #39 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.5 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 Hampshire?
0.5 violent and 3.5 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 Hampshire safer than Pingree Grove?
Pingree Grove reports less crime per resident than Hampshire: Pingree Grove grades A+ for safety and Hampshire A. Pingree Grove’s police reported 0.2 violent and 1.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hampshire?
Hampshire’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hampshire”. 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.