Question By: The violent crime that gets all of the attention is mostly limited to a few low-income neighborhoods. The victims, for the most part, are out late at night, in a neighborhood with a known crime problem, and they live a high-risk lifestyle (drugs and gangs and whatnot). If you factor out victims who are gang members and drug users, or victims that were out late at night in a high-crime neighborhood, then the violent crime statistics go down exponentially. But some people might call that victim-blaming. Personally, I think that if you're shot at 2am on a street corner in a bad neighborhood, because you were involved in a drug deal gone bad, your gunshot shouldn't count towards the city's official totals.
• Violent Crime
Violent crimes are those committed against persons involving threats or the use of force or a weapon. Primary examples include robbery, homicide, assault and battery, and sexual assault.
56% of respondents in Illinois worry about violent crimes happening to them compared to the national average of 41% in 2022. It's the second year in a row that the state has seen an increase in violent crime rates.
• Package Theft
In Illinois, stealing items in someone's possession worth $500 to $10,000 is a Class 3 Felony. 54% think package theft is one of their greatest worries and are afraid to carry valuable possessions outdoors (9% greater than the country average).
• Property Crime
54% of individuals worry about becoming the victims of property crime in Illinois compared to the national average of 42%, even though the property crime rate in Illinois has dropped steadily since 2019 and remained consistently below the country average.
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