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South Jacksonville, IL crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: Oct 2026

Far lower than past years, possibly missing reports
0 violent and property crimes reported, Aug–Oct 2026
Usual for these months
5
Per 1,000 residents, past year
4.4
Illinois overall: 13.2
Residents served
3,174
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Dec 2025 – Mar 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Is South Jacksonville safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether South Jacksonville has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 4.4 per 1,000 residents against 13.2 across Illinois. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

South Jacksonville Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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