Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2019

Canton, IL Crime Grade

How Canton 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.

C

National

7/10

vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population

D

Illinois

8/10

vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population

In 2019, the violent crime rate in Canton, IL was 286.8 per 100,000 residents (39 incidents over a population of 13,600). That puts Canton 25% below the U.S. rate of 380.9 and 32% below the Illinois statewide rate of 422.6.

Violent crime rate, 5-year trend

Per 100,000 residents. Canton (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).

Canton vs. U.S., 2019 — 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.

Offense20152016201720182019
Violent crime183.0(26)99.2(14)235.8(33)240.0(33)286.8(39)
Murder0.0(0)0.0(0)0.0(0)0.0(0)0.0(0)
Rape49.3(7)14.2(2)64.3(9)65.5(9)80.9(11)
Robbery14.1(2)28.3(4)14.3(2)7.3(1)7.4(1)
Aggravated assault119.6(17)56.7(8)157.2(22)167.3(23)198.5(27)
Property crime1681.9(239)1388.5(196)1736.2(243)952.8(131)963.2(131)
Burglary316.7(45)297.5(42)242.9(34)349.1(48)470.6(64)
Larceny1316.0(187)1041.4(147)1436.1(201)509.1(70)419.1(57)
Motor vehicle theft35.2(5)35.4(5)57.2(8)87.3(12)66.2(9)

How the Crime Grade is calculated

  • Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
  • Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
  • National decile: Canton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
  • State decile: Same calculation restricted to Illinois cities with population ≥ 10,000.
  • Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
  • Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
  • Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.

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