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Pontiac Crime Rate Report (Illinois)

Pontiac crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 13 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Pontiac for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Pontiac in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 5.79% and the city property crime rate in Pontiac was lower than the national property crime rate average by 42.04%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Pontiac was higher than the violent crime rate in Illinois by 22.97% and the city property crime rate in Pontiac was lower than the property crime rate in Illinois by 40.99%.

Property and Violent Crime
Pontiac Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Pontiac Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Pontiac Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault20
Arson0
Burglary16
Larceny and Theft82
Motor Vehicle Theft0
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape13
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)151
Property Crime98
Violent Crime34
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault15
Arson0
Burglary5
Larceny and Theft45
Motor Vehicle Theft2
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape18
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)102
Property Crime49
Violent Crime32

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Pontiac Property Crime

Pontiac Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Pontiac Crime 2025

Pontiac Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Pontiac Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Pontiac Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Pontiac, Illinois crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Pontiac crime report data for 2026 was projected from 13 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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