Oblong crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 10 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Oblong for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Oblong in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 54.13% and the city property crime rate in Oblong was lower than the
national property crime rate average by 20.32%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Oblong was higher than the
violent crime rate in Illinois by 43.72% and the city property crime rate in Oblong was lower than the
property crime rate in Illinois by 8.95%.