CurrentCrimeMap

Data through August 2026, Joliet Police Department

Crime in Joliet, IL

The violent crime rate in Joliet is 307 per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, 30% below the average of the 302 cities and county areas we cover. That is −7% compared with the previous 12 months.

Skyline of Joliet, Illinois.
Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

The numbers

12 months to Aug 2026

Violent crime

307 per 100,000 residents, per year

467 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−7% vs. the previous 12 months

Property crime

1,077 per 100,000 residents, per year

1,640 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

−10% vs. the previous 12 months

All reported

1,384 per 100,000 residents, per year

2,107 reported in the 12 months to Aug 2026

Annual rates: reported incidents over the last 12 months per 100,000 residents (population 152,211, U.S. Census).

What counts as violent and property crime

Counted the FBI's way, the same for every city: violent crime is homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson. Simple assault is not counted as violent. How we count

Where Joliet sits among covered places

violent, per 100k, per year

307

Joliet has the 175th-highest rate of the 302 cities and county areas on this site, higher than 127 of the other 301.

Carmel 51avg 437Detroit 1,632

The ring is Joliet; the tick is the average of all 302 cities and county areas.

PlaceViolent per 100kRank
Fort Worth, TX325170
Flathead County, MT (Sheriff)320171
Elizabeth, NJ315172
Clarksville, TN313173
Santa Ana, CA310174
Joliet, IL307175
Miami-Dade County, FL (County Police)304176
Maui County, HI (County Police)303177
Hawaii County, HI (County Police)302178
Idaho Falls, ID302179
Manchester, NH300180

The places closest to Joliet in the ranking, highest rate first. See all 302 cities and county areas

Joliet crime map

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SaferHigher rateViolent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, for each whole city. The colors are not crime locations.

The FBI publishes citywide totals from Joliet Police Department, not where each crime happened, so this map fills Joliet and the 8 covered cities around it with each one’s whole-city rate instead of plotting crimes.

Of the 8 covered cities nearest Joliet, 4 have a higher violent crime rate and 4 a lower one. The closest is Naperville, IL, 16 miles away.

Joliet and the covered places nearest to it, with each one’s violent crime rate and distance
PlaceViolent per 100kDistance
Joliet, IL307
Naperville, IL5616 mi
Aurora, IL22018 mi
Chicago, IL39233 mi
Elgin, IL17837 mi
Rockford, IL75170 mi
Peoria, IL1,18193 mi
Milwaukee, WI1,126107 mi
Madison, WI212127 mi
About the colors and distances

Colors use the same scale as the rest of the site, from the lowest to the highest violent crime rate among the 302 cities and county areas we cover. City outlines from the U.S. Census Bureau. Distances are straight-line, between city centers.

Reported crime by type

12 months to Aug 2026
  • RobberyTaking property by force or threatViolent, 38 reported25−19% vs. a year ago
  • HomicideViolent, 1 reported0.7no change vs. a year ago
  • TheftShoplifting, pickpocketing and other theft without force or entryProperty, 891 reported585−16% vs. a year ago
  • Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins includedProperty, 344 reported226+36% vs. a year ago
  • Vehicle theftProperty, 243 reported160+21% vs. a year ago
  • BurglaryEntering a home or business to stealProperty, 155 reported102−49% vs. a year ago
See the table
OffenseReportedPer 100kvs. previous monthvs. a year earlier
RobberyViolent3825—−19%
HomicideViolent10.7—no change
TheftProperty891585—−16%
Theft from vehiclesProperty344226—+36%
Vehicle theftProperty243160—+21%
BurglaryProperty155102—−49%
About these categories

Homicide, robbery, burglary, theft and vehicle theft come from the same reports Joliet Police Department sends the FBI. Theft from vehicles is NIBRS codes 23F and 23G (items and parts taken from a vehicle) and theft is the rest of larceny. Robbery is part of violent crime and the others of property crime; assault and rape count in violent crime but are not listed separately, so the rows do not add up to the totals. Red means more than before, green means fewer. “Not yet” means the site does not have that month from a year earlier.

Against other places of 100,000+ residents: vehicle theft (111th highest rate of 155), robbery (124th highest rate of 152) and burglary (130th highest rate of 168).

Month by month

Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violent crime −7%

020406080100SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug3943
Violent crimes per month in Joliet, IL, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthViolent crimesMonth a year earlierViolent crimes
Sep 202554Sep 202447
Oct 202533Oct 202435
Nov 202535Nov 202437
Dec 202544Dec 202426
Jan 202639Jan 202529
Feb 202648Feb 202526
Mar 202639Mar 202550
Apr 202625Apr 202527
May 202635May 202552
Jun 202647Jun 202552
Jul 202629Jul 202579
Aug 202639Aug 202543

Homicides 1 vs. 1

012SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug00
Homicides per month in Joliet, IL, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026 and a year earlier
MonthHomicidesMonth a year earlierHomicides
Sep 20251Sep 20240
Oct 20250Oct 20240
Nov 20250Nov 20240
Dec 20250Dec 20240
Jan 20260Jan 20250
Feb 20260Feb 20250
Mar 20260Mar 20250
Apr 20260Apr 20251
May 20260May 20250
Jun 20260Jun 20250
Jul 20260Jul 20250
Aug 20260Aug 20250

0 in 2026 through August, 1 in the same months of 2025. Compare with other places

Every month since Sep 2023
Reported crime per month in Joliet, IL
MonthViolentPropertyHomicides
Aug 2026391220
Jul 2026291340
Jun 2026471490
May 2026351410
Apr 2026251000
Mar 2026391060
Feb 2026481220
Jan 2026391720
Dec 2025441500
Nov 2025351610
Oct 2025331610
Sep 2025541221
Aug 2025431780
Jul 2025791790
Jun 2025521560
May 2025521400
Apr 2025271351
Mar 2025501480
Feb 2025261120
Jan 2025291170
Dec 2024261670
Nov 2024371450
Oct 2024351820
Sep 2024471680
Aug 2024611480
Jul 2024581890
Jun 2024481810
May 2024501810
Apr 2024511270
Mar 2024491470
Feb 2024401290
Jan 2024281310
Dec 2023341411
Nov 2023391481
Oct 2023551450
Sep 2023511420

How Joliet compares

per 100k, per year

Similar size

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
24Springfield, MA9322,422154,390Jun 2026
65Gainesville, FL6472,040150,376Apr 2026
143Waco, TX3731,731148,165Sep 2026
146Pasadena, TX3701,635149,168Aug 2026
175Joliet, IL3071,077152,211Aug 2026
217Bridgeport, CT2261,167152,588Sep 2026
230Olathe, KS209831150,965Aug 2026
269McAllen, TX1261,304150,422Aug 2026
287Bellevue, WA891,850155,043Jul 2026
299Naperville, IL56578154,062Jun 2026

The 10 places closest to Joliet in population, Joliet included, highest violent crime rate first.

Same state

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
12Peoria, IL1,1813,663111,389Aug 2026
45Rockford, IL7512,209147,186Aug 2026
46Springfield, IL7474,256112,595Sep 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
175Joliet, IL3071,077152,211Aug 2026
222Aurora, IL2201,082180,824Dec 2025
240Elgin, IL178916114,717Mar 2026
299Naperville, IL56578154,062Jun 2026

All 8 places in Illinois on this site, highest violent crime rate first.

Nearby

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to
12Peoria, IL1,1813,663111,389Aug 2026
15Milwaukee, WI1,1262,342559,717Feb 2026
45Rockford, IL7512,209147,186Aug 2026
75Davenport, IA6112,726100,761Sep 2026
130Chicago, IL *3922,8562,746,388Mar 2026
175Joliet, IL3071,077152,211Aug 2026
222Aurora, IL2201,082180,824Dec 2025
229Madison, WI2121,854287,992Mar 2026
240Elgin, IL178916114,717Mar 2026
299Naperville, IL56578154,062Jun 2026

The 9 places on this site closest to Joliet by distance, highest violent crime rate first.

#PlaceViolentPropertyResidentsData to

* Chicago, IL reports less to the FBI than it records; its own page leads with its own figures. Figures are what each agency reports to the FBI, over the last 12 months it has reported in full, so the months differ. See all 302 cities and county areas in the rankings

Compare Joliet side by side with Naperville, Rockford or Aurora, or with any other place.

Other cities in Illinois

7 city pages, closest first

Illinois as a whole has 222 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year, as reported to the FBI over the 12 months to Jun 2026; Joliet’s rate is 38% above the state’s.

NapervilleAuroraChicagoElginRockfordPeoriaSpringfield

All 8 cities in Illinois

Common questions

answered with the data above
Is Joliet safe?

By reported violent crime, Joliet is well below the average of the 302 cities and county areas on this site: 307 violent crimes per 100,000 residents per year over the 12 months to August 2026, −7% versus the previous 12 months. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood, so the citywide figure is only a starting point.

Is there a crime map for Joliet?

This site does not have one for Joliet. The figures on this page come from the FBI, which receives city totals rather than locations, so CurrentCrimeMap shows how Joliet compares with nearby places such as Naperville, IL instead of a street-level map.

What is the crime rate in Joliet?

307 violent and 1,077 property crimes per 100,000 residents per year, based on 2,107 incidents reported to Joliet Police Department over the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime includes 38 robberies (property taken by force or threat); property crime includes 155 burglaries, 344 thefts from vehicles and 891 other thefts.

Is crime in Joliet going up or down?

It is going down: violent crime −7% and property crime −10% over the last 12 months compared with the 12 months before.

How many homicides has Joliet had in 2026?

Joliet Police Department reported 0 homicides from January to August 2026, the latest month it has reported in full, against 1 in the same months of 2025. Over the 12 months to Aug 2026 the count was 1, or 1 per 100,000 residents.

Where does the data come from?

From Joliet Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset IL0990700). We count reported incidents by month and offense type and divide by the Census population. Reported crime undercounts actual crime; see the methodology page for what the numbers leave out.

Moving to or visiting Joliet

12 months to August 2026
What most people ask aboutReportedPer 100kvs. the 12 months before
RobberyTaking property by force or threat3825−19%
BurglaryEntering a home or business to steal155102−49%
Theft from vehiclesItems or parts taken from a vehicle, break-ins included344226+36%
Vehicle theft243160+21%

What these numbers leave out: most crime never reaches the police. In the federal victim survey (BJS, 2024), about half of violent crimes and less than a third of property crimes were reported, and only a quarter of everyday thefts. Rates are per resident, so busy downtowns and tourist areas look worse than they are for the people who visit them.

The official source is FBI Crime Data Explorer. For what to look for, and what not to read into a rate, see how to read US crime numbers.

Source and dates

IL0990700
Source
Joliet Police Department, via FBI Crime Data Explorer (dataset IL0990700)
Latest complete month
August 2026
History on this site
September 2023 to August 2026 (44 months)
Update schedule
Joliet Police Department reports monthly to the FBI under the national NIBRS standard. We refresh every morning and publish the most recent 12 months the agency has reported in full.
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Monthly counts by offense (JSON)