Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Morton Grove, IL Crime Grade
How Morton Grove 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
2/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Morton Grove, IL was 41.2 per 100,000 residents (10 incidents over a population of 24,287). That puts Morton Grove 87% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 83% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Morton Grove #371 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 90% of them, and #30 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 18% year over year and down 38% over the last five years.
Morton Grove, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 41.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #371 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #30 of 214
- Safer than
- 90% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 18%
- 5-year change
- down 38%
- Population
- 24,287
- Reporting agency
- Morton Grove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Morton Grove Police Department (FBI ORI IL0167100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Morton Grove, IL
Also known as
- Mortongrove
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. Morton Grove (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Morton Grove 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 | 66.7(15) | 103.1(25) | 75.1(18) | 50.5(12) | 41.2(10) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 8.9(2) | 4.1(1) | 20.9(5) | 21.0(5) | 8.2(2) |
| Robbery | 13.3(3) | 8.3(2) | 20.9(5) | 21.0(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 44.5(10) | 90.8(22) | 33.4(8) | 8.4(2) | 32.9(8) |
| Property crime | 1013.6(228) | 1320.2(320) | 980.8(235) | 1135.3(270) | 1017.0(247) |
| Burglary | 111.1(25) | 325.9(79) | 179.5(43) | 386.8(92) | 90.6(22) |
| Larceny | 835.7(188) | 920.0(223) | 672.0(161) | 702.2(167) | 877.0(213) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 57.8(13) | 66.0(16) | 125.2(30) | 46.3(11) | 49.4(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Morton Grove, 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 Morton Grove 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 Morton Grove calculated?
- Morton Grove'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 Morton Grove 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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