Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chicago Heights, IL Crime Grade
How Chicago Heights 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 Chicago Heights, IL was 801.4 per 100,000 residents (211 incidents over a population of 26,329). That puts Chicago Heights Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 226% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Chicago Heights #3,596 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #203 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 35% year over year and up 14% over the last five years.
Chicago Heights, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 801.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,596 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #203 of 214
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 35%
- 5-year change
- up 14%
- Population
- 26,329
- Reporting agency
- Chicago Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Chicago Heights Police Department (FBI ORI IL0161900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Chicago Heights, IL
Also known as
- Bloom
- Thorn 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. Chicago Heights (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chicago Heights 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 | 701.9(205) | 1902.0(502) | 1737.3(452) | 1232.5(318) | 801.4(211) |
| Murder | 17.1(5) | 18.9(5) | 42.3(11) | 19.4(5) | 15.2(4) |
| Rape | 99.3(29) | 75.8(20) | 57.7(15) | 46.5(12) | 38.0(10) |
| Robbery | 154.1(45) | 363.7(96) | 369.0(96) | 263.5(68) | 193.7(51) |
| Aggravated assault | 431.4(126) | 1443.6(381) | 1268.4(330) | 903.0(233) | 554.5(146) |
| Property crime | 1390.1(406) | 2697.7(712) | 3074.8(800) | 2740.1(707) | 2973.9(783) |
| Burglary | 397.2(116) | 462.2(122) | 388.2(101) | 674.4(174) | 364.6(96) |
| Larceny | 647.1(189) | 1731.5(457) | 1483.6(386) | 1465.0(378) | 1849.7(487) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 339.0(99) | 473.6(125) | 1183.8(308) | 593.0(153) | 744.4(196) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Chicago Heights, 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 Chicago Heights 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 Chicago Heights calculated?
- Chicago Heights'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 Chicago Heights 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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