Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Granite City, IL Crime Grade
How Granite City 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Granite City, IL was 760.6 per 100,000 residents (203 incidents over a population of 26,691). That puts Granite City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 210% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Granite City #3,574 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #201 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is up 22% year over year and up 32% over the last five years.
Granite City, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 760.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,574 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #201 of 214
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 22%
- 5-year change
- up 32%
- Population
- 26,691
- Reporting agency
- Granite City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Granite City Police Department (FBI ORI IL0600700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Granite City, IL
Also known as
- Kinder
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. Granite City (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Granite City 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 | 575.8(160) | 652.7(178) | 575.6(155) | 621.5(166) | 760.6(203) |
| Murder | 7.2(2) | 7.3(2) | 7.4(2) | 3.7(1) | 11.2(3) |
| Rape | 158.3(44) | 198.0(54) | 156.0(42) | 157.3(42) | 123.6(33) |
| Robbery | 61.2(17) | 55.0(15) | 63.1(17) | 74.9(20) | 45.0(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 349.1(97) | 392.3(107) | 349.1(94) | 385.7(103) | 580.7(155) |
| Property crime | 2483.2(690) | 2632.6(718) | 2246.8(605) | 2549.8(681) | 2708.8(723) |
| Burglary | 442.7(123) | 531.7(145) | 397.4(107) | 913.6(244) | 730.6(195) |
| Larceny | 1500.7(417) | 1631.7(445) | 1325.8(357) | 1280.5(342) | 1521.1(406) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 478.6(133) | 392.3(107) | 438.2(118) | 299.5(80) | 397.1(106) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Granite City, 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 Granite City 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 Granite City calculated?
- Granite City'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 Granite City 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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