Crime in Illinois
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In 2008, there were 446,135 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Illinois, including 790 murders.{{Cite web |title=Illinois Crime Rates 1960 to 2019 |url=http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/ilcrime.htm |website=disastercenter.com}}
State statistics
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! colspan="10" |Crime in Illinois (2019){{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Crime in the United States by State |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-5 |url-status= |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=FBI}} |
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! colspan="5" |Violent Crime ! colspan="4" |Property Crime |
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| ! Murder
! Rape ! Robbery ! Aggravated assault ! ! Burglary ! Larceny-theft ! Motor vehicle theft |
| Total
| 51,561 | 832 | 6,078 | 12,464 | 32,187 | 233,984 | 34,433 | 180,776 | 18,775 |
| Rate per 100,000 inhabitants
| 406.9 | 6.6 | 48.0 | 98.4 | 254.0 | 1,846.5 | 271.7 | 1,426.6 | 148.2 |
Policing
{{Further|List of law enforcement agencies in Illinois}}
In 2019, Illinois had 846 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 48,240 staff. Of the total staff, 38,539 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). Illinois has 303 sworn officers per 100,000 residents.{{Cite web |date=October 2022 |title=U.S. Department of Justice, Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2019 |url=https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/csllea18st.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=Office of Justice Statistics |page=5}}
Capital punishment laws
{{Further|Capital punishment in Illinois}}
Capital punishment is not applied in Illinois. It was abolished by Governor Pat Quinn on March 9, 2011.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matt |date=March 9, 2011 |title=Illinois abolishes death penalty |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/09/illinois.death.penalty/index.html?iref=allsearch}}