CrimeMetric

Crime in South Jacksonville, Illinois

Major crime in South Jacksonville is 58% below the U.S. rate per resident: 67% lower for persons crimes and 56% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
42
58% below the U.S. rate
55% below the Illinois rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
33
67% below the U.S. rate
52% below the Illinois rate
down 5.0% in a year
Property crimes
44
56% below the U.S. rate
55% below the Illinois rate
down 8.9% in a year
Social disorder
61
40% below the U.S. rate
44% below the Illinois rate
down 5.6% 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

No crime type in South Jacksonville is more than 10% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in South Jacksonville 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 South Jacksonville

South Jacksonville is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 53; the middle half of residents live where it is between 31 and 53.

Map of South Jacksonville, 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.
  • 0–5049.0%
  • 50–10051.0%
  • 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 6pm44
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am41
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm40
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am40
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%IL -9.6%-18.5%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-5.0%IL -14.4%-4.9%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-8.9%IL -8.9%-20.7%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-5.6%IL -12.0%-10.0%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

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

1,206 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than South Jacksonville; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

South Jacksonville, IL3,46442
Kenova, WV3,46531
Oxford, MI3,46327

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

Nearby places

South Jacksonville has a higher major-crime index than 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Jacksonville (2 mi), is 2.4 times South Jacksonville's rate.

Springfield31 mi255
Virden29 mi83
Pittsfield31 mi78
Beardstown23 mi58
White Hall21 mi56
Auburn28 mi43
South Jacksonville42
Chatham29 mi38

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

Questions about crime in South Jacksonville

What are the most common crimes in South Jacksonville?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 12 a year), burglary (about 4 a year) and aggravated assault (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 6% 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. South Jacksonville's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • South Jacksonville 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: 3,464. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in South Jacksonville, Illinois." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/il/south-jacksonville

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100