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Frankfort, IL crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

Frankfort has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Frankfort is 1 in 150. How does Frankfort fare compared to other communities in Illinois of all population sizes? Frankfort's crime rate is lower than approximately 50% of Illinois communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Frankfort has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Frankfort is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Frankfort does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Frankfort.

For Frankfort, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Frankfort than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 4181, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Frankfort; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Frankfort Crime Data

total Crime Index

59

(100 is safest)


Safer than 59% of U.S. cities.

Frankfort Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

5

134

139

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.24

6.41

6.65

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.24
3.1
National Median: 4
    Frankfort
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 4,181

in Frankfort

1 in 322

in Illinois

Frankfort Violent Crimes

Population: 20,907
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 3 0 2
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.10

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.41
17.2
National Median: 19
    Frankfort
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 156

in Frankfort

1 in 58

in Illinois

Property Crimes

Population: 20,907
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 19 111 4
Rate per 1,000 0.91 5.31 0.19

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Frankfort Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
9
28
National Median: 26.5
    Frankfort
    Illinois