Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Evanston, IL Crime Grade
How Evanston 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
6/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Evanston, IL was 111.2 per 100,000 residents (84 incidents over a population of 75,562). That puts Evanston Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 55% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Evanston (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Evanston 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 | 177.9(129) | 170.5(130) | 168.0(125) | 144.2(107) | 111.2(84) |
| Murder | 8.3(6) | 2.6(2) | 1.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 27.6(20) | 32.8(25) | 29.6(22) | 33.7(25) | 27.8(21) |
| Robbery | 96.6(70) | 99.7(76) | 84.7(63) | 55.3(41) | 23.8(18) |
| Aggravated assault | 45.5(33) | 35.4(27) | 52.4(39) | 55.3(41) | 59.6(45) |
| Property crime | 2324.2(1,685) | 2454.8(1,872) | 3159.4(2,351) | 2755.5(2,044) | 2326.6(1,758) |
| Burglary | 273.1(198) | 354.1(270) | 354.8(264) | 451.6(335) | 354.7(268) |
| Larceny | 1881.5(1,364) | 1900.1(1,449) | 2410.9(1,794) | 2059.9(1,528) | 1787.9(1,351) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 157.2(114) | 187.5(143) | 388.4(289) | 235.9(175) | 174.7(132) |
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: Evanston'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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