Photo: Kepper66 · CC BY-SA 3.0Milan reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Milan’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #294 of 339 graded towns in 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 Milan
Milan reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Milan’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Rock Island (D), Moline (D). Blackhawk Township, South Rock Island Township and South Moline Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Milan has 4,465 jobs based in town for 5,028 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Milan’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 (3.0) 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.
For every 1,000 residents, about 28 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Milan’s police reported 44 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Milan | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Milan property | Rest of Illinois property | Milan violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.2 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 25.1 | 19.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 18.1 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
149 crimes reported in 2025
10 violent and 139 property, as reported to the FBI by Milan’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Milan’s roads in 2019–2023
Milan had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Milan’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Milan’s own rate (7.9) 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.
Milan and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | C− | 3.0 | 23.7 |
| Rock Island | D | 5.7 | 25.6 |
| Blackhawk Township | — | — | — |
| South Rock Island Township | — | — | — |
| Moline | D | 4.1 | 31.3 |
| South Moline Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Blackhawk Township, South Rock Island Township and South Moline Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Milan. 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 Milan’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,018 in 2025); our figure for Milan is 5,028 (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 Milan
Is Milan, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Milan reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #294 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 3.0 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 Milan?
3.0 violent and 23.7 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 crime going up or down in Milan?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Milan safer than Rock Island?
Rock Island reports more crime per resident than Milan: Rock Island grades D for safety and Milan C−. Rock Island’s police reported 5.7 violent and 25.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Milan?
Milan’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Milan”. 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.