Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Columbia, IL Crime Grade
How Columbia 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
1/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Columbia, IL was 28.3 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 10,604). That puts Columbia 93% below the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 94% below the Illinois statewide rate of 444.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbia (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbia vs. U.S., 2020 — 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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 9.7(1) | 77.2(8) | 38.6(4) | 162.0(17) | 28.3(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.5(1) | 9.4(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 9.7(1) | 77.2(8) | 38.6(4) | 143.0(15) | 18.9(2) |
| Property crime | 767.9(79) | 713.7(74) | 753.2(78) | 591.0(62) | 1009.1(107) |
| Burglary | 213.8(22) | 154.3(16) | 164.2(17) | 219.2(23) | 311.2(33) |
| Larceny | 505.4(52) | 530.4(55) | 560.1(58) | 343.2(36) | 622.4(66) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 48.6(5) | 19.3(2) | 29.0(3) | 28.6(3) | 75.4(8) |
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: Columbia'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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