Crime Statistics for the City of Joliet

The following information is Uniform Crime Report data reported to the Illinois State Police.  The data, in turn, is then compiled into the "Crime in Illinois 2004, Annual Uniform Crime Report".  This document is intended to provide readers with a high-level overview of the nature of crime in Illinois. This summary highlights statewide statistics and topics of interest. Detailed statistics and analyses are contained in the complete Crime in Illinois 2005, Annual Uniform Crime Report, which is available via the internet through the Illinois State Police website at http://www.isp.state.il.us.

During 2005, 966 agencies submitted data directly to the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting (I-UCR) Program. The remaining agencies reported their crime statistics through an intermediary agency (sheriff’s office, police department, etc.). A complete listing of agencies that participated and their respective extent of participation is available in the complete publication.  Local law enforcement agencies are mandated by Chapter 20 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 2630/8, to report crime index offenses, crime index offense arrests, and drug arrests.
Crime index offenses are considered to be the most serious and the most likely to be reported, and are used nationally as the standard base for comparisons. The I-UCR crime index offenses and crime index offense arrests include the categories of murder, criminal sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault/battery (including attempted murder and ritual mutilation), burglary, theft (including burglary from a motor vehicle), motor vehicle theft, and arson.

The crime rate in Joliet has steadily decreased since 1992.  This is in spite of an estimated 49% increase in population.  That is, even with a lot more residents, the total number of crimes have continually decreased over the past ten years.  

The table below lists all reported crime submitted to the Illinois State Police under the UCR program for the years 1992 through 2004.
Offense 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Murder 15 22 18 16 11 18 10 10 13 5 8 11 9
Criminal sex assault 64 94 84 70 59 73 61 76 59 70 55 58 71
Robbery 253 290 271 277 262 307 269 229 213 211 183 163 167
Agg assault/agg battery 505 460 446 513 471 497 531 535 493 477 405 360 345
Burglary 1312 1325 1188 1213 1119 1080 1186 1086 1020 887 851 881 824
Theft 4206 3882 3797 3708 3571 4098 4205 3449 3257 3128 3025 2851 2973
MV theft 1169 779 628 600 553 535 511 498 476 387 290 226 207
Arson 90 122 74 67 77 72 71 93 77 65 70 81 62
Total  7614 6974 6506 6464 6123 6680 6844 5976 5608 5230 4887 4631 4658
Rate per 100,000 9909 8837 8244 7770 7360 8029 7551 6592 5279 4923 4359 3834 3670
Population 76836 78917 78917 83189 83189 83189 90647 90647 106221 106221 112066 120782 126939
Crime rate +/-%   -10.8% -6.7% -5.7% -5.2% 8.3% -5.9% -12.7% -19.9% -6.7% -11.5% -12.0% -4.3%