Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lisle, IL Crime Grade
How Lisle 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
2/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lisle, IL was 42.5 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 23,520). That puts Lisle 87% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 83% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Lisle #395 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 90% of them, and #34 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Lisle, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 42.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #395 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #34 of 214
- Safer than
- 90% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 23,520
- Reporting agency
- Lisle Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lisle Police Department (FBI ORI IL0221200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lisle, IL
Also known as
- Lisle 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. Lisle (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lisle 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 69.7(16) | 38.3(9) | 82.4(19) | 43.3(10) | 42.5(10) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | 87.1(20) | 110.6(26) | 125.8(29) | 104.0(24) | 80.8(19) |
| Larceny | 322.2(74) | 493.5(116) | 307.9(71) | 320.7(74) | 365.6(86) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 52.3(12) | 29.8(7) | 52.0(12) | 30.3(7) | 34.0(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lisle, 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 Lisle 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 Lisle calculated?
- Lisle'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 Lisle 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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