Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Carbondale, IL Crime Grade
How Carbondale 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
10/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Carbondale, IL was 972.4 per 100,000 residents (216 incidents over a population of 22,213). That puts Carbondale 199% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 296% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Carbondale (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Carbondale 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 954.6(238) | 786.6(170) | 780.3(169) | 1037.5(223) | 972.4(216) |
| Murder | 16.0(4) | 18.5(4) | 9.2(2) | 9.3(2) | 4.5(1) |
| Rape | 124.3(31) | 152.7(33) | 184.7(40) | 246.6(53) | 166.6(37) |
| Robbery | 228.6(57) | 101.8(22) | 64.6(14) | 111.7(24) | 103.5(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 585.6(146) | 513.6(111) | 521.7(113) | 670.0(144) | 697.8(155) |
| Property crime | 3453.3(861) | 3229.7(698) | 3425.8(742) | 3749.9(806) | 2476.0(550) |
| Burglary | 513.4(128) | 606.1(131) | 577.1(125) | 1102.6(237) | 342.1(76) |
| Larceny | 2639.1(658) | 2313.5(500) | 2387.0(517) | 2242.5(482) | 1886.3(419) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 276.7(69) | 236.0(51) | 369.4(80) | 348.9(75) | 220.6(49) |
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: Carbondale'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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