Dekalb crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 2 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Dekalb for 2025 is expected to be higher than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Dekalb in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 52.19% and the city property crime rate in Dekalb was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 43.43%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Dekalb was higher than the
violent crime rate in Illinois by 41.92% and the city property crime rate in Dekalb was higher than the
property crime rate in Illinois by 63.89%.