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Rockford Crime Rate Report (Illinois)

Rockford crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Rockford for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Rockford in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 174.57% and the city property crime rate in Rockford was higher than the national property crime rate average by 62.95%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Rockford was higher than the violent crime rate in Illinois by 258.4% and the city property crime rate in Rockford was higher than the property crime rate in Illinois by 65.9%.

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

Rockford Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,087
Arson32
Burglary414
Larceny and Theft2,469
Motor Vehicle Theft798
Murder and Manslaughter11
Rape103
Robbery123
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,963
Property Crime3,681
Violent Crime1,324
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,263
Arson33
Burglary392
Larceny and Theft1,908
Motor Vehicle Theft794
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape97
Robbery46
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)4,376
Property Crime3,094
Violent Crime1,419

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Rockford Property Crime

Rockford Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Rockford Crime 2025

Rockford Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Rockford Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Rockford Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Rockford, 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 Rockford crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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