Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
New Lenox, IL Crime Grade
How New Lenox 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
3/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in New Lenox, IL was 55.6 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 28,798). That puts New Lenox Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 77% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks New Lenox #584 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 85% of them, and #55 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is up 5% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
New Lenox, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 55.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #584 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #55 of 214
- Safer than
- 85% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 5%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 28,798
- Reporting agency
- New Lenox Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Lenox Police Department (FBI ORI IL0991500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. New Lenox (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Lenox 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 88.1(24) | 72.2(20) | 57.6(16) | 53.0(15) | 55.6(16) |
| Murder | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 40.4(11) | 46.9(13) | 14.4(4) | 7.1(2) | 17.4(5) |
| Robbery | 7.3(2) | 14.4(4) | 10.8(3) | 10.6(3) | 17.4(5) |
| Aggravated assault | 36.7(10) | 10.8(3) | 32.4(9) | 35.3(10) | 20.8(6) |
| Property crime | 1109.1(302) | 888.1(246) | 997.5(277) | 932.4(264) | 791.7(228) |
| Burglary | 40.4(11) | 75.8(21) | 162.1(45) | 173.1(49) | 125.0(36) |
| Larceny | 1013.6(276) | 772.6(214) | 803.1(223) | 738.1(209) | 642.4(185) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 55.1(15) | 39.7(11) | 32.4(9) | 21.2(6) | 20.8(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Lenox, 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 New Lenox 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 New Lenox calculated?
- New Lenox'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 New Lenox 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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