Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Frankfort, IL Crime Grade
How Frankfort 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
2/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Frankfort, IL was 32.7 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 21,378). That puts Frankfort 90% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 87% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Frankfort #278 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 93% of them, and #22 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 1% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Frankfort, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 32.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #278 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #22 of 214
- Safer than
- 93% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 1%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 21,378
- Reporting agency
- Frankfort Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Frankfort Police Department (FBI ORI IL0990600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Frankfort, IL
Also known as
- Frankfort Station
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. Frankfort (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Frankfort 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 56.3(11) | 53.2(11) | 28.8(6) | 33.2(7) | 32.7(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 15.3(3) | 38.7(8) | 14.4(3) | 4.7(1) | 14.0(3) |
| Robbery | 10.2(2) | 4.8(1) | 4.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 30.7(6) | 9.7(2) | 9.6(2) | 28.4(6) | 18.7(4) |
| Property crime | 849.1(166) | 716.2(148) | 647.1(135) | 668.0(141) | 608.1(130) |
| Burglary | 102.3(20) | 82.3(17) | 95.9(20) | 180.0(38) | 102.9(22) |
| Larceny | 639.4(125) | 600.0(124) | 527.3(110) | 407.4(86) | 477.1(102) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 102.3(20) | 33.9(7) | 19.2(4) | 80.5(17) | 28.1(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Frankfort, 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 Frankfort 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 Frankfort calculated?
- Frankfort'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 Frankfort 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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