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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Illinois (2026)

Brown has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Illinois, at 15.2 per 100k, followed by Menard and Putnam. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Illinois

Top 25 of 102 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Illinois
RankCountyValue
1Brown15.2 per 100k
2Menard17.8 per 100k
3Putnam22.2 per 100k
4Alexander23.9 per 100k
5Monroe24.4 per 100k
6Johnson24.4 per 100k
7Carroll27.8 per 100k
8Mercer30.2 per 100k
9Franklin32.1 per 100k
10Lawrence33.0 per 100k
11Stark34.9 per 100k
12Scott37.4 per 100k
13Jo Daviess38.0 per 100k
14Schuyler38.5 per 100k
15Woodford40.3 per 100k
16Gallatin41.9 per 100k
17Randolph44.7 per 100k
18Shelby46.9 per 100k
19McDonough47.1 per 100k
20Hardin47.2 per 100k
21Hamilton47.4 per 100k
22Cass48.6 per 100k
23Clay49.0 per 100k
24Bond53.1 per 100k
25Cumberland53.5 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Illinois counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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