Research presented to the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council indicate young adults are a critical population in ...

On this episode of "Paris on Politics," Illinois Senator Dick Durbin expresses concern, stating there's something that smells very fishy about the Department of Justice's secretive meeting last week ...

Illinois had 15.6 incidents per 1,000 people while the rest of the nation had 19.6 incidents per 1,000 people. Illinois’ trend of increasing violent crime and decreasing property crime has been ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois State Police has official launched a new public website to view crime statistics in Illinois. The Crime in Illinois Online website is part of the Illinois ...

Police throughout Illinois reported 467,372 violent and property crimes in 2006, a 1.7 percent drop from the year before and part of a multiyear trend of declining offenses.

Naperville ranked No. 19 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 list of “Safest Places to Live in the U.S.,” tying with ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois' overall crime rate dropped for an eighth consecutive year in 2002 -- but two of every five of the state's counties didn't follow the downward trend.