Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Des Plaines, IL Crime Grade
How Des Plaines 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
5/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Des Plaines, IL was 106.1 per 100,000 residents (62 incidents over a population of 58,435). That puts Des Plaines Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 57% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Des Plaines #1,196 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 68% of them, and #102 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 20% over the last five years.
Des Plaines, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Illinois Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 106.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,196 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #102 of 214
- Safer than
- 68% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 20%
- Population
- 58,435
- Reporting agency
- Des Plaines Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Des Plaines Police Department (FBI ORI IL0162500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Des Plaines, IL
Also known as
- Maine
- Desplaines Station
- Rand
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. Des Plaines (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Des Plaines 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 132.4(77) | 130.1(76) | 142.2(82) | 127.6(73) | 106.1(62) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.5(2) | 1.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 36.1(21) | 25.7(15) | 36.4(21) | 21.0(12) | 22.2(13) |
| Robbery | 30.9(18) | 25.7(15) | 27.7(16) | 24.5(14) | 13.7(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 65.3(38) | 78.7(46) | 74.6(43) | 80.4(46) | 70.2(41) |
| Property crime | 1069.4(622) | 1251.2(731) | 903.4(521) | 1162.2(665) | 778.6(455) |
| Burglary | 166.8(97) | 210.5(123) | 218.5(126) | 417.7(239) | 68.5(40) |
| Larceny | 832.1(484) | 946.5(553) | 575.7(332) | 618.7(354) | 604.1(353) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 65.3(38) | 83.9(49) | 100.6(58) | 122.3(70) | 102.7(60) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Des Plaines, 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 Des Plaines 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 Des Plaines calculated?
- Des Plaines'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 Des Plaines 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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