Pontoon Beach, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pontoon Beach, IL Summary

Crime in Pontoon Beach research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Pontoon Beach over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Pontoon Beach:

  • There were 113 total crimes committed in Pontoon Beach in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,953.0 total crimes per 100K people in Pontoon Beach.
  • The overall crime rate in Pontoon Beach is -7.84% below the national average.
  • Pontoon Beach ranks #422 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Pontoon Beach ranks #7,120 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Pontoon Beach Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pontoon Beach is 1,953.0 per 100,000 people. That's -7.84% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -2.56% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pontoon Beach
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 113 1,953.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 51.8 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 121.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 15 259.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 17 293.8 290.5 229.0
Larceny 58 1,002.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 23 397.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 98 1,693.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Pontoon Beach Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Pontoon Beach

15
Violent Crimes
259.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-27.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in Pontoon Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pontoon Beach is 259.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 385.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pontoon Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -27.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.35% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pontoon Beach

98
Property Crimes
1,693.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-3.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 98 property crimes in Pontoon Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pontoon Beach is 1,693.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pontoon Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -3.76% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -1.25% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pontoon Beach

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
O'Fallon, IL 31,856 387 1,214.8 1,020.2 194.6
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Collinsville, IL 23,599 461 1,953.5 1,758.5 194.9
Shiloh, IL 14,950 121 809.4 635.5 173.9
Swansea, IL 14,515 114 785.4 744.1 41.3
Glen Carbon, IL 13,870 162 1,168.0 1,103.1 64.9
Troy, IL 11,297 53 469.2 460.3 8.9
Columbia, IL 10,491 69 657.7 495.7 162.0
Bethalto, IL 9,125 80 876.7 789.0 87.7
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0

Pontoon Beach SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
6
Education
5
Commute
8
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