217 area code: where it is and which numbers are reported
217 covers Springfield, Decatur and Champaign in Illinois. 1,174 numbers in it drew 2,324 complaints between Oct 2, 2025 and Oct 31, 2026.
About area code 217
LocationIllinois
Main citiesSpringfield, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana
Local time now
Time zoneCentral
In service since1947
Shares its area with447
Numbers reported1,174
Complaints2,324
Most reported asOther, debt reduction, imposters
Reported 217 numbers
Most reported first. A number links to its own page once it has complaints from two or more days.
(217) 863-7429 184 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 28, 2026 (217) 834-9551 170 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 28, 2026 (217) 834-9517 170 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 9, 2026 (217) 394-8983 161 complaints Debt reductionlast Aug 27, 2026 (217) 863-7210 153 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 30, 2026 (217) 834-9394 62 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 28, 2026 (217) 834-9977 55 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 23, 2026 (217) 863-7161 32 complaints Debt reductionlast Sep 23, 2026 (217) 834-9964 31 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 19, 2026 (217) 834-9347 23 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 16, 2026 (217) 834-9513 22 complaints Debt reductionlast Sep 15, 2026 (217) 863-7204 14 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 28, 2026 (217) 834-9685 6 complaints Debt reductionlast Aug 19, 2026 (217) 834-9414 5 complaints Debt reductionlast Aug 19, 2026 (217) 834-9346 4 complaints Debt reductionlast Aug 19, 2026
(217) 394-8934 8 complaints Otherlast Jul 29, 2026
(217) 666-1935 5 complaints Dropped calllast Sep 10, 2026
(217) 394-8941 5 complaints Debt reductionlast Aug 27, 2026
(217) 282-7936 4 complaints Otherlast Sep 4, 2026
(217) 584-4477 4 complaints Live callslast Aug 4, 2026
(217) 293-8289 4 complaints Otherlast Jul 29, 2026
(217) 955-7649 4 complaints Debt reductionlast Jul 29, 2026
(217) 394-8925 4 complaints Debt reductionlast Jul 23, 2026
(217) 394-8899 4 complaints Debt reductionlast Jul 22, 2026
(217) 674-2938 3 complaints Debt reductionlast Oct 20, 2026
The 25 most reported of 1,174 numbers.
When 217 numbers were reported
Complaints a month, last 13 months
1,009 in the busiest month
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov
| November 2025: 4 |
| December 2025: 5 |
| January 2026: 5 |
| February 2026: 11 |
| March 2026: 10 |
| April 2026: 20 |
| May 2026: 14 |
| June 2026: 9 |
| July 2026: 260 |
| August 2026: 434 |
| September 2026: 543 |
| October 2026: 1,009 |
Hour of day, as reported in complaints
Busiest around 12 pm
12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
| 12 am: 6 |
| 1 am: 3 |
| 2 am: 7 |
| 3 am: 3 |
| 4 am: 4 |
| 5 am: 4 |
| 6 am: 34 |
| 7 am: 47 |
| 8 am: 116 |
| 9 am: 214 |
| 10 am: 274 |
| 11 am: 243 |
| 12 pm: 347 |
| 1 pm: 209 |
| 2 pm: 160 |
| 3 pm: 115 |
| 4 pm: 114 |
| 5 pm: 94 |
| 6 pm: 79 |
| 7 pm: 64 |
| 8 pm: 35 |
| 9 pm: 15 |
| 10 pm: 15 |
| 11 pm: 8 |
The most reported 217 prefixes
Complaints by the three digits after the area code.
- (217) 834
- 56024%
- (217) 863
- 39317%
- (217) 394
- 1968%
- (217) 866
- 382%
- (217) 986
- 372%
217 numbers that unwanted calls gave to contact
Numbers in this area code that complaints named as the number a call or text asked people to contact.
(217) 394-8983 96 complaints from 84 caller IDs (217) 863-7210 91 complaints from 62 caller IDs (217) 834-9517 74 complaints from 60 caller IDs (217) 863-7429 64 complaints from 49 caller IDs (217) 834-9977 60 complaints from 48 caller IDs (217) 834-9551 57 complaints from 46 caller IDs (217) 834-9394 25 complaints from 18 caller IDs (217) 834-9685 25 complaints from 14 caller IDs (217) 438-0791 20 complaints from 13 caller IDs (217) 834-9414 18 complaints from 13 caller IDs
Towns and cities in area code 217
66 places its numbers are assigned to, the ones with the most numbers first.
- Springfield
- Decatur
- Champaign
- Urbana
- Danville
- Quincy
- Mattoon
- Jacksonville
- Effingham
- Paris
- Taylorville
- Charleston
- Lincoln
- Rantoul
- Assumption
- Raymond
- Tuscola
- Westville
- Arcola
- Hoopeston
- Pittsfield
- Rushville
- Beardstown
- Litchfield
- Oakland
- Carthage
- White Hall
- Paxton
- Martinsville
- Auburn
- Virginia
- Nauvoo
- St. Joseph
- Mason City
- Chatham
- Rochester
- Hillsboro
- Arthur
- Pana
- Nokomis
- Mahomet
- Girard
- Riverton
- Petersburg
- Georgetown
- Sullivan
- Winchester
- Monticello
- Moweaqua
- Mount Sterling
- Shelbyville
- Gibson City
- Mount Pulaski
- Marshall
- Villa Grove
- Gillespie
- Hamilton
- Toledo
- Carlinville
- Teutopolis
- Neoga
- Greenup
- Casey
- Clinton
- Carrollton
- Virden
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Sources
Complaints consumers filed with the FCC and FTC, Oct 2, 2025 to Oct 31, 2026. Bewary counts the reports and does not check each one. Scammers can fake the number that shows on your phone, so a reported number may belong to someone who never called you.