East St. Louis, IL Analytics

May recorded 1,066 crime incidents.

April recorded 780 crime incidents.

March recorded 685 crime incidents.

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Arson
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2,531Total

Crime Types

  • Other: 1,588
  • Shooting: 392
  • Assault: 201
  • Burglary: 164
  • Theft: 85
  • Vandalism: 47
  • Arrest: 42
  • Arson: 9
  • Robbery: 3

Crime by Month

In the past three months, May had the most number of crimes in East St. Louis, Illinois.

May had about 2% more crime than March, with May producing 381 more crimes than March.

May had about 1% more crime than April, with May producing 286 more crimes than April.

Most Committed Crimes in East St. Louis, Illinois

Over the past three months, Shooting was the most committed crime overall making up about 15% of crime in East St. Louis, Illinois.

The most committed violent crime was Shooting, making up about 66% of violent crime in East St. Louis, Illinois.

The most committed property crime was Burglary, making up about 64% of property crime in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Reported Shootings in East St. Louis, Illinois

We recorded 392 shootings over a three month period in East St. Louis, Illinois. That's an average of about 130.667 shootings per month. April saw the most shootings with 144, followed by May with 143 shootings, and March with 105 shootings.

Disclaimer: SpotCrime pulls from multiple sources including news reported incidents. A majority of the crime incidents are directly from local police agencies. Occasionally, there may be duplicate crimes. The status of the crime is subject to change.

We are not the FBI. These are not official FBI numbers.

Data is based on a radius around the center point of East St. Louis. This may include crimes from adjacent agencies and agencies within the area.