Crime & Safety in Normal
Normal's citywide crime picture is a real, honestly disclosed negative: NeighborhoodScout's data runs genuinely elevated, even relative to adjacent Bloomington's own already-elevated figure.
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Learn moreA real, elevated citywide crime rate
NeighborhoodScout puts Normal's overall crime rate at 19 per 1,000 residents -- higher than approximately 86% of Illinois communities compared, with 1-in-52 odds of victimization overall and a violent-crime rate of 3 per 1,000.
Higher than Bloomington's own elevated figure
Normal's 86th-percentile figure runs genuinely higher than Bloomington's own 79th-percentile figure -- a real, disclosed distinction between the two twin cities this record does not flatten.
Key takeaways
- Normal's overall crime rate runs genuinely elevated, higher than approximately 86% of Illinois communities compared.
- This runs higher than adjacent Bloomington's own already-elevated figure -- a real, disclosed distinction.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly before relocating.
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