What is the crime rate in Joliet, IL?

In 2025, the Joliet Police Department reported 524 violent crimes and 1,759 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 344 violent and 1,156 property crimes per 100,000 of the 152,211 residents it serves.

Across Illinois the rates were 258 and 1,556.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 344
Property per 100,000: 1,156
Violent crimes: 524
Property crimes: 1,759

Crime reported by the Joliet 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
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	615	410	1,552	1,035	149,940
2024	530	352	1,895	1,259	150,569
2025	524	344	1,759	1,156	152,211

Violent crimes reported went from 615 in 2023 to 524 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,552 in 2023 to 1,759 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.

Joliet against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Joliet	344	1,156
Illinois	258	1,556
United States	330	1,552

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.

Crime reported in places near Joliet, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Joliet	—	344	1,156
Rockdale	1.5 mi	203	203
Shorewood	3.5 mi	59	640
Crest Hill	4.4 mi	139	669
Elwood	7.0 mi	44	976
Lockport	8.0 mi	41	417
Romeoville	8.0 mi	114	829
Minooka	8.5 mi	46	193
Channahon	8.8 mi	62	328

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

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.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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