Amboy, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Amboy, IL Summary

Crime in Amboy research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Amboy over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Amboy:

  • There were 4 total crimes committed in Amboy the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 173.8 total crimes per 100K people in Amboy.
  • The overall crime rate in Amboy is -92.52% below the national average.
  • Amboy ranks #83 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Amboy ranks #686 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Amboy Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Amboy is 173.8 per 100,000 people. That's -92.52% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -91.24% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Amboy
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4 173.8 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 43.5 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 1 43.5 425.9 369.8
Burglary 2 86.9 246.4 269.8
Larceny 0 0.0 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 0 0.0 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 3 130.4 1,559.4 1,954.4

Amboy Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Amboy

1
Violent Crimes
43.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.25%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Amboy in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Amboy is 43.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,301.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Amboy each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.25% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -89.80% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Amboy

3
Property Crimes
130.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-93.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 property crimes in Amboy in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Amboy is 130.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 767.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Amboy each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -93.33% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -91.64% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Amboy

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
DeKalb, IL 40,555 1,268 3,126.6 2,579.2 547.4
Yorkville, IL 23,635 127 537.3 444.3 93.1
Ottawa, IL 18,696 168 898.6 722.1 176.5
Sycamore, IL 18,673 248 1,328.1 1,178.2 149.9
Dixon, IL 15,396 108 701.5 584.6 116.9
Plano, IL 12,474 91 729.5 609.3 120.3
Sandwich, IL 7,167 6 83.7 69.8 14.0
Geneseo, IL 6,488 93 1,433.4 1,202.2 231.2
Elburn, IL 6,368 26 408.3 361.2 47.1
Genoa, IL 5,244 11 209.8 57.2 152.6

Amboy SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
9
Diversity
5
Safety
9.5
Amenities
5
Education
6
Commute
4
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