Municipalities under One Million Population: Fatal and Non-Fatal Shootings 2016-2020

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Municipalities with population 35,000 to 1,000,000: combined fatal and nonfatal shootings, excluding self-inflicted 2016-2020

Municipality 2020 population 2016-2020 Combined Fatal and Non-Fatal Shootings 2016-2020 Combined Fatal and Non-fatal shooting rate per 20,000 population
CALUMET CITY 36,033 134 74.4
PEORIA 113,150 350 61.9
DECATUR 70,522 204 57.9
ROCKFORD 148,655 413 55.6
BELLEVILLE 42,404 102 48.1
SPRINGFIELD 114,394 192 33.6
BERWYN 57,250 94 32.8
CICERO 85,268 116 27.2
JOLIET 150,362 197 26.2
URBANA 38,336 49 25.6
WAUKEGAN 89,321 112 25.1
ROCK ISLAND 37,108 45 24.3
CHAMPAIGN 88,302 105 23.8
AURORA 180,542 115 12.7
BLOOMINGTON 78,680 43 10.9
EVANSTON 78,110 38 9.7
BOLINGBROOK 73,922 31 8.4
ELGIN 114,797 40 7

Highest number of combined fatal and nonfatal shootings, excluding self-inflicted, for 2016-2020 for municipalities of any population and not already listed above. 

Municipality 2020 population 2016-2020 Combined Fatal and Non-Fatal Shootings 2016-2020 Combined Fatal and Non-fatal shooting rate per 20,000 population
EAST ST. LOUIS 18,469 252 272.9
HARVEY 20,324 180 177.1
KANKAKEE 24,052 151 125.6
DOLTON 21,426 143 133.5
MAYWOOD 23,512 141 119.9
DANVILLE 29,204 138 94.5
RIVERDALE 10,663 116 217.6
AURORA 180,542 115 12.7
CAHOKIA (HEIGHTS) 12,096 114 188.4
CHICAGO HEIGHTS 27,480 97 70.6
SOUTH HOLLAND 21,465 83 77.3
MARKHAM 11,661 80 137.2
BELLWOOD 18,789 69 73.4
HAZEL CREST 13,382 68 101.6
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS 16,775 65 77.5
BLUE ISLAND 22,558 63 55.9
PARK FOREST 21,687 53 48.9
SAUK VILLAGE 9,921 51 102.8
ZION 24,655 51 41.4
MATTESON 19,073 46 48.2
LANSING 29,076 46 31.6
NORTH CHICAGO 30,759 46 29.9
ROCK ISLAND 37,108 45 24.3
CALUMET PARK 7,025 44 125.3
BLOOMINGTON 78,680 43 10.9
RICHTON PARK 12,775 41 64.2
ELGIN 114,797 40 7
EVANSTON 78,110 38 9.7
ALTON 25,676 36 28
BOLINGBROOK 73,922 31 8.4