Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Herrin, IL Crime Grade
How Herrin 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
9/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Herrin, IL was 384.3 per 100,000 residents (47 incidents over a population of 12,230). That puts Herrin 18% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 56% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Herrin #2,976 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #186 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 12% over the last five years.
Herrin, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 384.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,976 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #186 of 214
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 12%
- Population
- 12,230
- Reporting agency
- Herrin Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Herrin Police Department (FBI ORI IL1000200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Herrin, IL
Also known as
- Herrin's Prairie
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. Herrin (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Herrin 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 341.7(44) | 362.1(46) | 329.6(40) | 387.6(47) | 384.3(47) |
| Murder | 15.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 23.3(3) | 78.7(10) | 90.6(11) | 41.2(5) | 98.1(12) |
| Robbery | 31.1(4) | 23.6(3) | 57.7(7) | 33.0(4) | 8.2(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 271.8(35) | 259.8(33) | 181.3(22) | 313.4(38) | 278.0(34) |
| Property crime | 1933.5(249) | 1763.2(224) | 2216.7(269) | 2581.4(313) | 2207.7(270) |
| Burglary | 605.7(78) | 448.7(57) | 848.8(103) | 932.0(113) | 703.2(86) |
| Larceny | 1149.2(148) | 1157.1(147) | 1161.9(141) | 1402.1(170) | 1210.1(148) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 155.3(20) | 157.4(20) | 173.1(21) | 214.4(26) | 286.2(35) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Herrin, 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 Herrin 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 Herrin calculated?
- Herrin'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 Herrin 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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