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South Elgin Crime Rate Report (Illinois)

South Elgin crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 14 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Elgin for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for South Elgin in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 62.45% and the city property crime rate in South Elgin was lower than the national property crime rate average by 64.58%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in South Elgin was lower than the violent crime rate in Illinois by 50.98% and the city property crime rate in South Elgin was lower than the property crime rate in Illinois by 63.93%.

Property and Violent Crime
South Elgin Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
South Elgin Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

South Elgin Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault10
Arson4
Burglary11
Larceny and Theft112
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape15
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)155
Property Crime137
Violent Crime31
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault14
Arson2
Burglary13
Larceny and Theft73
Motor Vehicle Theft19
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape17
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)123
Property Crime105
Violent Crime35

Property and Violent Crime Totals

South Elgin Property Crime

South Elgin Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

South Elgin Crime 2025

South Elgin Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

South Elgin Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

South Elgin Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this South Elgin, 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 South Elgin crime report data for 2026 was projected from 14 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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