Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Markham, IL Crime Grade
How Markham 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 2020, the violent crime rate in Markham, IL was 602.2 per 100,000 residents (74 incidents over a population of 12,289). That puts Markham 51% above the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 36% above the Illinois statewide rate of 444.2.
That ranks Markham #3,423 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #198 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 76% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Markham, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 602.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,423 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #198 of 214
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 76%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 12,289
- Reporting agency
- Markham Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Markham Police Department (FBI ORI IL0166500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Markham, IL
Also known as
- Markham 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. Markham (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Markham vs. U.S., 2020 — 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 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1076.8(135) | 2467.3(306) | 602.2(74) |
| Murder | 8.0(1) | 16.1(2) | 57.0(7) |
| Rape | 111.7(14) | 161.3(20) | 40.7(5) |
| Robbery | 374.9(47) | 427.4(53) | 170.9(21) |
| Aggravated assault | 582.3(73) | 1862.6(231) | 333.6(41) |
| Property crime | 2863.5(359) | 4862.1(603) | 3539.8(435) |
| Burglary | 614.2(77) | 540.2(67) | 496.4(61) |
| Larceny | 1451.7(182) | 3338.2(414) | 2172.7(267) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 749.8(94) | 951.5(118) | 830.0(102) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Markham, 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 Markham 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 Markham calculated?
- Markham'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 Markham 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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