Mount Vernon crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 9 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Mount Vernon for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Mount Vernon in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 281.04% and the city property crime rate in Mount Vernon was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 134.06%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Mount Vernon was higher than the
violent crime rate in Illinois by 255.31% and the city property crime rate in Mount Vernon was higher than the
property crime rate in Illinois by 167.45%.