Crime in Aurora, Illinois
Major crime in Aurora is 31% below the U.S. rate per resident: 34% lower for persons crimes and 31% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.0% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Simple assault stands out most, at 38% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Aurora for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Aurora
The middle half of Aurora residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 29 and 69; the typical (median) resident's is 46. The citywide figure (69) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5055.9%
- 50–10032.1%
- 100–2008.2%
- 200–4001.6%
- 400+2.2%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on Friday and Saturday nights
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 9.0% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%
Change in expected crimes, with Illinois as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Aurora against U.S. places with 100,000 to 250,000 residents
213 of the 268 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Aurora; the middle of the group is 109. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Aurora has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Boulder Hill (4 mi), is 66% below Aurora's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Aurora
What are the most common crimes in Aurora?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 587 a year), shoplifting (about 505 a year) and motor vehicle theft (about 314 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 38% above the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Aurora's figures add up its 120 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Aurora's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 6.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 184,862. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Aurora, Illinois." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/il/aurora
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Boulder Hill4 mi23
- North Aurora5 mi70
- Oswego5 mi25
- Montgomery5 mi51
- Batavia6 mi38
- Naperville6 mi35
- Warrenville7 mi38
- Sugar Grove8 mi20