What is the crime rate in Pontoon Beach, IL?

In 2025, the Pontoon Beach Police Department reported 28 violent crimes and 84 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 479 violent and 1,438 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,842 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: 479
Property per 100,000: 1,438
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 84

Crime reported by the Pontoon Beach 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	10	172	76	1,308	5,811
2024	16	277	100	1,728	5,786
2025	28	479	84	1,438	5,842

Violent crimes reported went from 10 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 76 in 2023 to 84 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.

Pontoon Beach against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Pontoon Beach	479	1,438
Madison County	258	1,259
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 Pontoon Beach, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Pontoon Beach	—	479	1,438
Granite City	3.4 mi	761	2,705
Collinsville	4.5 mi	216	1,037
Glen Carbon	5.0 mi	115	936
Maryville	5.3 mi	119	394
Fairmont City	5.6 mi	186	466
South Roxana	6.1 mi	217	2,120
Edwardsville	6.2 mi	41	581
Hartford	6.5 mi	87	1,569

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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