Photo: artistmac · CC BY-SA 2.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Normal than in 73% of U.S. towns
Its letter for safety is C, worked out from crimes Normal’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #265 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Even so, recorded violent crimes ran at 3.0 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 16.0, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Per resident, the graded rate barely moved 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 Normal
A college town
Normal is home to Illinois State University, with 19,834 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 32% 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 Normal’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; property 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. Its property rate (16.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in Normal 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 | Normal | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Normal’s police reported 481 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Normal property | Rest of Illinois property | Normal violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.5 | 20.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 15.5 | 19.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 2.8 | 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.
1,020 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.
152 violent and 868 property, as reported to the FBI by Normal’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Normal’s roads in 2019–2023
Normal had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Normal’s size would see about 14 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Normal’s own rate (3.4) 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.
Normal and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | C | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| Bloomington City Township | — | — | — |
| Bloomington | — | — | — |
| Towanda Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bloomington City Township and Towanda Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Bloomington reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | C | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| Wheaton | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Berwyn | B+ | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| Mount Prospect | B+ | 0.8 | 8.9 |
| Tinley Park | B | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Oak Park | D | 2.9 | 33.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Normal’s population (53,275), 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 Normal. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Normal’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (53,374 in 2025); our figure for Normal is 53,275 (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 Normal
Is Normal, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Normal reports more crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #265 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 Normal?
3.0 violent and 16.0 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 Normal in 2025?
Normal’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.
Who polices Normal?
Normal’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Normal”. 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.