Crime in Illinois explained

In 2008, there were 446,135 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Illinois, including 790 murders.^[1]

State statistics

Crime in Illinois (2019)^[2]
	Violent Crime					Property Crime
		Murder	Rape	Robbery	Aggravatedassault		Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motorvehicle theft
Total	51,561	832	6,078	12,464	32,187	233,984	34,433	180,776	18,775
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants	406.9	6.6	48.0	98.4	254.0	1,846.5	271.7	1,426.6	148.2

Policing

In 2019, Illinois had 846 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 48,240 staff. Of the total staff, 38,539 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). Illinois has 303 sworn officers per 100,000 residents.^[3]

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is not applied in Illinois. It was abolished by Governor Pat Quinn on March 9, 2011.^[4]

See also

• Law of Illinois
• Crime in Chicago
• Crime in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Illinois Crime Rates 1960 to 2019 . disastercenter.com.
2. Web site: 2019 . Crime in the United States by State . May 11, 2023 . FBI.
3. Web site: October 2022 . U.S. Department of Justice, Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2019 . May 11, 2023 . Office of Justice Statistics . 5.
4. News: Smith . Matt . March 9, 2011 . Illinois abolishes death penalty . .