What is the crime rate in Charleston, IL?

In 2025, the Charleston Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 278 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 254 violent and 1,606 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,307 residents it serves.

Across Illinois the rates were 258 and 1,556.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
254
Property per 100,000
1,606
Violent crimes
44
Property crimes
278

Crime reported by the Charleston Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
2023482812131,24917,058
2024633723091,82216,957
2025442542781,60617,307

Violent crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 213 in 2023 to 278 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Charleston against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Charleston2541,606
Coles County3041,186
Illinois2581,556
United States3301,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

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Questions about Charleston

What is the crime rate in Charleston?

In 2025, the Charleston Police Department reported 254 violent crimes and 1,606 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Charleston in 2025?

In 2025, the Charleston Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 278 property crimes to the FBI.

Has crime gone up or down in Charleston?

Violent crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 213 in 2023 to 278 in 2025.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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