Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Calumet City, IL Crime Grade
How Calumet City 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Calumet City, IL was 342.6 per 100,000 residents (116 incidents over a population of 33,859). That puts Calumet City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% above the Illinois statewide rate of 294.3.
That ranks Calumet City #2,809 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #180 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Calumet City, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 342.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,809 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #180 of 214
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 33,859
- Reporting agency
- Calumet City Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Calumet City Police Department (FBI ORI IL0161700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Calumet City, IL
Also known as
- New Hammond
- West Hammond
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. Calumet City (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Calumet City vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 511.5(187) | 514.8(186) | 441.6(158) | 395.6(135) | 342.6(116) |
| Murder | 13.7(5) | 22.1(8) | 14.0(5) | 8.8(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 98.5(36) | 83.0(30) | 81.1(29) | 46.9(16) | 59.1(20) |
| Robbery | 292.7(107) | 274.0(99) | 223.6(80) | 120.2(41) | 103.4(35) |
| Aggravated assault | 106.7(39) | 135.6(49) | 123.0(44) | 219.8(75) | 180.2(61) |
| Property crime | 2691.5(984) | 2889.7(1,044) | 2909.5(1,041) | 2042.7(697) | 1686.4(571) |
| Burglary | 560.7(205) | 437.3(158) | 436.0(156) | 181.7(62) | 194.9(66) |
| Larceny | 1602.8(586) | 1882.2(680) | 1568.0(561) | 937.8(320) | 897.8(304) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 517.0(189) | 559.1(202) | 880.4(315) | 911.4(311) | 584.8(198) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Calumet City, 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 Calumet City 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 Calumet City calculated?
- Calumet City'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 Calumet City 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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