Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chicago, IL Crime Grade
How Chicago 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 Chicago, IL was 370.8 per 100,000 residents (10,069 incidents over a population of 2,715,488). That puts Chicago Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 51% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chicago (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chicago 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 | 986.9(26,583) | 540.0(14,321) | 606.9(15,952) | 539.8(14,245) | 370.8(10,069) |
| Murder | 28.6(771) | 22.8(604) | 19.0(499) | 17.5(461) | 12.4(338) |
| Rape | 50.0(1,346) | 51.8(1,374) | 47.3(1,244) | 58.8(1,551) | 57.9(1,573) |
| Robbery | 292.1(7,869) | 337.4(8,948) | 412.4(10,840) | 335.3(8,847) | 208.2(5,655) |
| Aggravated assault | 616.2(16,597) | 128.0(3,395) | 128.2(3,369) | 128.3(3,386) | 92.2(2,503) |
| Property crime | 2233.7(60,166) | 3138.7(83,242) | 3440.5(90,427) | 3489.9(92,088) | 2920.8(79,313) |
| Burglary | 320.9(8,643) | 287.5(7,626) | 280.2(7,364) | 294.8(7,778) | 225.0(6,110) |
| Larceny | 1516.0(40,834) | 2046.4(54,273) | 2146.3(56,411) | 2318.8(61,185) | 2024.5(54,975) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 373.2(10,053) | 799.0(21,191) | 1007.6(26,483) | 858.9(22,663) | 658.1(17,870) |
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: Chicago'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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