Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bloomington, IL Crime Grade
How Bloomington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Illinois — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
9/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bloomington, IL was 312.5 per 100,000 residents (248 incidents over a population of 79,368). That puts Bloomington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Bloomington #2,699 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #176 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 28% over the last five years.
Bloomington, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 312.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,699 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #176 of 214
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 28%
- Population
- 79,368
- Reporting agency
- Bloomington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bloomington Police Department (FBI ORI IL0570100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bloomington, IL
Also known as
- Blooming Grove
- Keg Grove
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bloomington (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bloomington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 434.1(339) | 495.5(387) | 405.8(314) | 311.0(240) | 312.5(248) |
| Murder | 11.5(9) | 1.3(1) | 1.3(1) | 5.2(4) | 5.0(4) |
| Rape | 87.1(68) | 62.7(49) | 82.7(64) | 84.2(65) | 104.6(83) |
| Robbery | 47.4(37) | 73.0(57) | 29.7(23) | 24.6(19) | 17.6(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 288.1(225) | 358.5(280) | 292.0(226) | 197.0(152) | 185.2(147) |
| Property crime | 1534.0(1,198) | 1413.4(1,104) | 1248.3(966) | 1067.8(824) | 1291.5(1,025) |
| Burglary | 251.0(196) | 218.9(171) | 186.1(144) | 180.1(139) | 127.3(101) |
| Larceny | 1163.9(909) | 1089.5(851) | 965.3(747) | 795.7(614) | 1068.4(848) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 112.7(88) | 94.7(74) | 90.5(70) | 80.3(62) | 84.4(67) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bloomington, IL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Bloomington Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Bloomington calculated?
- Bloomington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Illinois state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Illinois cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Bloomington Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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