Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2019
East St. Louis, IL Crime Grade
How East St. Louis 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 2019, the violent crime rate in East St. Louis, IL was 1019.9 per 100,000 residents (268 incidents over a population of 26,277). That puts East St. Louis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 141% above the Illinois statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks East St. Louis #3,688 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #212 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 69% over the last five years.
East St. Louis, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1019.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,688 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #212 of 214
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 69%
- Population
- 26,277
- Reporting agency
- East St. Louis Police Department
- Data year
- 2019 · FBI UCR
Reported by East St. Louis Police Department (FBI ORI IL0820700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About East St. Louis, IL
Also known as
- Illinoistown
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. East St. Louis (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
East St. Louis vs. U.S., 2019 — 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 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 3340.1(889) | 2827.9(757) | 2751.9(741) | 1190.4(317) | 1019.9(268) |
| Murder | 71.4(19) | 100.9(27) | 111.4(30) | 86.4(23) | 137.0(36) |
| Rape | 157.8(42) | 130.7(35) | 159.7(43) | 82.6(22) | 102.8(27) |
| Robbery | 548.5(146) | 384.8(103) | 360.2(97) | 191.5(51) | 121.8(32) |
| Aggravated assault | 2562.4(682) | 2211.5(592) | 2120.5(571) | 829.9(221) | 658.4(173) |
| Property crime | 3065.8(816) | 2290.0(613) | 2243.1(604) | 2042.8(544) | 1606.0(422) |
| Burglary | 879.2(234) | 784.5(210) | 642.5(173) | 743.5(198) | 643.1(169) |
| Larceny | 1457.8(388) | 993.7(266) | 1013.9(273) | 833.6(222) | 529.0(139) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 683.8(182) | 478.2(128) | 534.8(144) | 375.5(100) | 407.2(107) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the East St. Louis, 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 East St. Louis 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 East St. Louis calculated?
- East St. Louis'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 East St. Louis 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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