Property crime: Ottawa Police Department

Ottawa Police Department reported 232 property crimes in 2025, or 1,236.4 per 100,000 of the 18,764 people it serves. The Illinois rate was 1,556.3. The agency's rate was down 17.6% from 2024. Its reported figures changed by more than half from one shown year to the next in 2022 and 2023, which usually signals a change in reporting, so we do not compare across those years.

Burglary, 202531165.2 per 100,000

Larceny-theft, 20251891,007.2 per 100,000

Motor vehicle theft, 20251158.6 per 100,000

Ottawa Police DepartmentIllinois

Reported property crimes per 100,000 people. Gaps mark years without a full year of data.

Year by year

Year	Property crimes	Per 100,000	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Cleared
2025	232	1,236.4	31	189	11	48.3%
2024	281	1,500.9	54	209	17	37.4%
2023	278	1,496.3	47	210	19	29.9%
2022	138	738.1	20	105	11	17.4%
2021	Not a full year of data reported
2020	285	1,584.8	26	245	11	Not available
2019	275	1,523.8	28	240	5	Not available
2018	315	1,740.7	45	259	6	Not available
2017	354	1,944.1	53	292	7	Not available
2016	393	2,151.9	45	333	12	Not available
2015	448	2,441.4	46	399	1	Not available

A year is shown only when the agency reported all 12 months and the months look complete: we leave out years with several empty months, most offenses in one month or one half of the year, or a total far below the usual level for that agency. Agency type: City. County: La Salle. FBI agency identifier (ORI): IL0500700.

Read with care. Counts are offenses reported to this agency. Places with many visitors, shoppers or commuters can show high rates because rates use resident population only. Neighboring areas may be covered by a county sheriff or state police.

Sources

Data refreshed by the FBI on 15 October 2026. Checked 29 October 2026. Figures are offenses reported to police and submitted to the FBI, not estimates of all crime.