Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fairview Heights, IL Crime Grade
How Fairview 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
9/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fairview Heights, IL was 419.3 per 100,000 residents (67 incidents over a population of 15,980). That puts Fairview Heights 29% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 71% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Fairview Heights #3,090 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #188 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 53% over the last five years.
Fairview Heights, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 419.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,090 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #188 of 214
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 53%
- Population
- 15,980
- Reporting agency
- Fairview Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fairview Heights Police Department (FBI ORI IL0822400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fairview Heights, IL
Also known as
- Fairview
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. Fairview Heights (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fairview 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 274.4(44) | 313.5(51) | 328.1(53) | 407.6(65) | 419.3(67) |
| Murder | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 6.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.2(5) | 73.8(12) | 43.3(7) | 75.2(12) | 93.9(15) |
| Robbery | 31.2(5) | 24.6(4) | 24.8(4) | 25.1(4) | 18.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 205.8(33) | 215.1(35) | 253.8(41) | 301.0(48) | 306.6(49) |
| Property crime | 2974.9(477) | 3146.9(512) | 3181.5(514) | 3041.1(485) | 2959.9(473) |
| Burglary | 149.7(24) | 368.8(60) | 253.8(41) | 301.0(48) | 162.7(26) |
| Larceny | 2644.4(424) | 2532.3(412) | 2488.2(402) | 2527.0(403) | 2665.8(426) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.4(27) | 245.9(40) | 420.9(68) | 200.7(32) | 131.4(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fairview 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 Fairview 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 Fairview Heights calculated?
- Fairview 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 Fairview 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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