CrimeMetric

Crime in Danville, Illinois

Major crime in Danville is 3.3 times the U.S. rate per resident: 4.0 times for persons crimes and 3.1 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are about flat from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
327
3.3 times the U.S. rate
3.5 times the Illinois rate
about flat in a year
Persons crimes
403
4.0 times the U.S. rate
5.9 times the Illinois rate
down 5.2% in a year
Property crimes
310
3.1 times the U.S. rate
3.1 times the Illinois rate
up 2.5% in a year
Social disorder
371
3.7 times the U.S. rate
3.4 times the Illinois rate
down 1.1% 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

Vandalism stands out most, at 5.2 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Danville 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 Danville

The middle half of Danville residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 192 and 402; the typical (median) resident's is 253. The citywide figure (327) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Danville, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–1005.3%
  • 100–20021.3%
  • 200–40047.4%
  • 400+26.0%

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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm400
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am252
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm359
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am247
Trend and outlook

Major crime rose 0.6% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime+0.6%IL -9.6%-16.9%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-5.2%IL -14.4%-4.5%IL -6.8%
Property crimes+2.5%IL -8.9%-20.5%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-1.1%IL -12.0%-10.8%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

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

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

Danville, IL31,190327
Paragould, AR31,139203
Gurnee, IL31,04068

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

Nearby places

Danville has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Tilton (4 mi), is 54% below Danville's rate.

Danville327
Tilton4 mi151
Urbana31 mi139
Hoopeston22 mi120
Georgetown12 mi113
Rantoul30 mi99
Westville7 mi85
St. Joseph22 mi35
Attica, IN22 mi25

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

Questions about crime in Danville

What are the most common crimes in Danville?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 707 a year), aggravated assault (about 333 a year) and shoplifting (about 283 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 5.2 times 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. Danville's figures add up its 27 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Danville has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 83.8% 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: 31,190. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100