Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
La Grange, IL Crime Grade
How La Grange 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
4/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in La Grange, IL was 75.7 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 15,856). That puts La Grange 77% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 69% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks La Grange #849 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #81 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 60% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
La Grange, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Illinois Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 75.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #849 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #81 of 214
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 60%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 15,856
- Reporting agency
- La Grange Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by La Grange Police Department (FBI ORI IL0165700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About La Grange, IL
Also known as
- Lagrange
- Kensington
- Kensington Heights
- West Lyons
- Robbville
- Hazel Glen
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. La Grange (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
La Grange 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 | 85.2(13) | 31.8(5) | 160.3(25) | 187.4(29) | 75.7(12) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 12.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 32.8(5) | 6.4(1) | 32.1(5) | 51.7(8) | 25.2(4) |
| Robbery | 32.8(5) | 19.1(3) | 44.9(7) | 19.4(3) | 6.3(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 19.7(3) | 6.4(1) | 70.5(11) | 116.3(18) | 44.1(7) |
| Property crime | 642.5(98) | 770.7(121) | 968.0(151) | 801.5(124) | 655.9(104) |
| Burglary | 19.7(3) | 89.2(14) | 198.7(31) | 232.7(36) | 75.7(12) |
| Larceny | 603.2(92) | 637.0(100) | 737.2(115) | 510.6(79) | 498.2(79) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 13.1(2) | 31.8(5) | 25.6(4) | 32.3(5) | 69.4(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the La Grange, 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 La Grange 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 La Grange calculated?
- La Grange'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 La Grange 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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