Morton, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Morton, IL Summary

Crime in Morton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Morton 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 Morton:

  • There were 210 total crimes committed in Morton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,223.1 total crimes per 100K people in Morton.
  • The overall crime rate in Morton is -47.37% below the national average.
  • Morton ranks #402 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Morton ranks #4,464 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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Morton Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Morton is 1,223.1 per 100,000 people. That's -47.37% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -38.39% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Morton
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 210 1,223.1 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 1 5.8 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 16 93.2 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 28 163.1 425.9 369.8
Burglary 18 104.8 246.4 269.8
Larceny 152 885.3 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 12 69.9 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 182 1,060.1 1,559.4 1,954.4

Morton 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 Morton

28
Violent Crimes
163.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-55.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Morton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Morton is 163.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 613.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Morton each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -55.90% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -61.71% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Morton

182
Property Crimes
1,060.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-45.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 182 property crimes in Morton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Morton is 1,060.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 94.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Morton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -45.76% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -32.02% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Morton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Peoria, IL 110,551 4,783 4,326.5 3,137.9 1,188.6
Pekin, IL 31,252 815 2,607.8 2,278.3 329.6
East Peoria, IL 22,130 655 2,959.8 2,670.6 289.2
Washington, IL 15,910 157 986.8 923.9 62.9
Bartonville, IL 5,789 155 2,677.5 2,193.8 483.7
Peoria Heights, IL 5,764 194 3,365.7 2,671.8 694.0
Eureka, IL 5,276 57 1,080.4 568.6 511.8
Marquette Heights, IL 2,626 4 152.3 76.2 76.2
Mackinaw, IL 1,851 29 1,566.7 1,512.7 54.0
North Pekin, IL 1,540 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Morton SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
9
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
9
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