CrimeMetric

Crime in McLeansboro, Illinois

Major crime in McLeansboro is 80% below the U.S. rate per resident: 62% lower for persons crimes and 84% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
20
80% below the U.S. rate
79% below the Illinois rate
down 7.5% in a year
Persons crimes
38
62% below the U.S. rate
44% below the Illinois rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
16
84% below the U.S. rate
84% below the Illinois rate
down 9.2% in a year
Social disorder
64
36% below the U.S. rate
41% below the Illinois rate
down 5.8% 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 McLeansboro is near or below the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in McLeansboro

McLeansboro is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 16; the middle half of residents live where it is between 16 and 23.

Map of McLeansboro, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key'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 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 6pm19
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am19
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm21
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am22
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.5% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.5%IL -9.6%-14.3%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-4.4%IL -14.4%-3.6%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-9.2%IL -8.9%-20.1%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-5.8%IL -12.0%-9.3%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

McLeansboro against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,699 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than McLeansboro; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Camden, ME3,00251
Libby, MT2,99646
McLeansboro, IL2,99920

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

Nearby places

McLeansboro has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Carmi (20 mi), is 5.1 times McLeansboro's rate.

Fairfield22 mi108
Eldorado20 mi102
Benton21 mi100
Carmi20 mi100
Sesser27 mi57
Harrisburg25 mi40
McLeansboro20

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

Questions about crime in McLeansboro

What are the most common crimes in McLeansboro?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are aggravated assault (about 3 a year), shoplifting (about 2 a year) and other larceny (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 17% 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. McLeansboro's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • McLeansboro 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: 2,999. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100