CrimeMetric

Crime in Belvidere, Illinois

Major crime in Belvidere is 69% below the U.S. rate per resident: 56% lower for persons crimes and 72% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 16.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
31
69% below the U.S. rate
67% below the Illinois rate
down 16.9% in a year
Persons crimes
44
56% below the U.S. rate
36% below the Illinois rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
28
72% below the U.S. rate
72% below the Illinois rate
down 20.3% in a year
Social disorder
57
43% below the U.S. rate
47% below the Illinois rate
down 10.1% in a year

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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Crime by type

Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 12% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Belvidere for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Belvidere

The middle half of Belvidere residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 22 and 37; the typical (median) resident's is 26. The citywide figure (31) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Belvidere, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5083.0%
  • 50–10017.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on Friday and Saturday nights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm30
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am28
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm34
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am36
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 16.9% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-16.9%IL -9.6%-11.8%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-5.4%IL -14.4%-0.6%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-20.3%IL -8.9%-15.7%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-10.1%IL -12.0%-6.6%IL -8.2%

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.

Similar-size places

Belvidere against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents

907 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Belvidere; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:

Auburn, NY25,96584
Dedham, MA26,01679
Belton, TX25,98677
Shafter, CA25,99867
Norfolk, NE26,00262
Wendell, NC25,96751
Windsor, CA25,98439
Holt, MI26,00137
Belvidere, IL25,98731

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Belvidere has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Poplar Grove (6 mi), is 43% below Belvidere's rate.

Rockford11 mi163
Loves Park10 mi71
Marengo12 mi42
Genoa14 mi34
Belvidere31
Roscoe14 mi24

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Belvidere

What are the most common crimes in Belvidere?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 38 a year), other larceny (about 37 a year) and aggravated assault (about 24 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 12% 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. Belvidere's figures add up its 14 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Belvidere has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% 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: 25,987. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Belvidere, Illinois." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/il/belvidere

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100