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Springfield, IL vs Decatur, IL

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 Springfield, ILDecatur, ILUnited States
 52.931.422.7
 65.447.135.4

The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.


YOU SHOULD KNOW

Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.


  Cities with the Least Crime Near Springfield, IllinoisCrime Index
 Williamsville, IL6.5
 Pawnee, IL8.0
 Leland Grove, IL8.8
 Pleasant Plains, IL10.1
 Lake Petersburg, IL11.0
 Sherman, IL11.2
 Thayer, IL11.3
 New Berlin, IL11.4
 Spaulding, IL11.5
 Cantrall, IL11.8

Reviews for Springfield    25 Reviews

I've lived here for over 40 years. Springfield is a decent place to raise a family. Solid midwestern values, and I've always felt safe. Opportunities exist, but there  More

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I moved (back) to Springfield after living in various cities and towns around the country - as large as Milwaukee, as small as Baker, NV - and can say without  More

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Over 3 years ago

whole town smells like dirty ***** and  More

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Reviews for Decatur    14 Reviews

I was sent here by the company I worked for in the '90's and was not initially impressed with midwest living. However, over the years I got used to living in the "Pride  More

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I grew up in Decatur and I still have family there, but it depresses me to see what it has become. It has a high unemployment rate, many business have closed or are run  More

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Over 13 years ago

If you enjoy drinking & driving, Decatur's fifteen drive-thru liquor windows, three times the # of drive-thru's than the ten largest cities in Illinois, COMBINED, will  More

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ZIPS IN SPRINGFIELD, IL
62704, 62702, 62703, 62711, 62712, 62707, 62701
ZIPS IN DECATUR, IL
62521, 62526, 62523

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