CrimeMetric

Crime in Manhattan, Illinois

Major crime in Manhattan is 78% below the U.S. rate per resident: 79% lower for persons crimes and 77% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
22
78% below the U.S. rate
76% below the Illinois rate
down 8.2% in a year
Persons crimes
21
79% below the U.S. rate
69% below the Illinois rate
down 7.0% in a year
Property crimes
23
77% below the U.S. rate
77% below the Illinois rate
down 8.4% in a year
Social disorder
38
62% below the U.S. rate
65% below the Illinois rate
down 6.8% 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

Every crime type in Manhattan is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Manhattan 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 Manhattan

The middle half of Manhattan residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 20 and 24; the typical (median) resident's is 24.

Map of Manhattan, 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. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm26
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am21
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm17
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am20
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.2% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.2%IL -9.6%-6.4%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-7.0%IL -14.4%+6.3%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-8.4%IL -8.9%-9.0%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-6.8%IL -12.0%-0.4%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

Manhattan against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

2,094 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Manhattan; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Franklin, OH13,368101
Lindsay, CA13,38890
Laurel, FL13,37035
Manhattan, IL13,39122
Gateway, FL13,37220

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

Nearby places

Manhattan has a higher major-crime index than 0 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, New Lenox (5 mi), is 1.9 times Manhattan's rate.

Fairmont10 mi50
New Lenox5 mi42
Mokena8 mi35
Peotone11 mi34
Frankfort8 mi33
Manhattan22
Lockport11 mi22

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

Questions about crime in Manhattan

What are the most common crimes in Manhattan?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 26 a year), theft from vehicle (about 7 a year) and aggravated assault (about 6 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 37% below 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. Manhattan's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Manhattan 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: 13,391. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100