Crime in the United States

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Table 8

ILLINOIS¹
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson²
Aurora	167,266		14		176	480	4,832	883	3,642	307	31
Chicago	2,873,441		448		15,964	17,943	131,183	25,314	83,373	22,496	682
Joliet	130,026		11		145	309	4,228	745	3,312	171	63
Naperville	140,654		3		25	45	2,472	290	2,108	74	7
Peoria	113,161		14		380	528	7,470	1,839	4,848	783	68
Rockford	153,048		19		537	764	10,106	2,371	6,758	977
Springfield	115,187		5		258	1,306	7,345	1,719	5,288	338	51

¹ Limited data for 2005 were available for Illinois.
² The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.

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Crime in the United States 2005

Department of Justice — Federal Bureau of Investigation

Release Date: September 2006