Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Lincoln, IL Crime Grade
How Lincoln 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
7/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Lincoln, IL was 169.0 per 100,000 residents (22 incidents over a population of 13,014). That puts Lincoln 54% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 43% below the Illinois statewide rate of 294.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lincoln (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lincoln vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 320.5(43) | 195.5(26) | 106.7(14) | 169.2(22) | 169.0(22) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 37.3(5) | 97.8(13) | 0.0(0) | 53.8(7) | 23.1(3) |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Lincoln's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Illinois cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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