Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oak Lawn, IL Crime Grade
How Oak Lawn 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
4/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oak Lawn, IL was 73.0 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 56,136). That puts Oak Lawn Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 70% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Oak Lawn #815 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #78 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 59% year over year and down 57% over the last five years.
Oak Lawn, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Illinois Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 73.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #815 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #78 of 214
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 59%
- 5-year change
- down 57%
- Population
- 56,136
- Reporting agency
- Oak Lawn Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oak Lawn Police Department (FBI ORI IL0168000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Oak Lawn (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oak Lawn 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 | 169.6(93) | 121.5(68) | 137.3(76) | 180.2(99) | 73.0(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.6(8) | 34.0(19) | 27.1(15) | 36.4(20) | 16.0(9) |
| Robbery | 51.1(28) | 39.3(22) | 50.6(28) | 43.7(24) | 28.5(16) |
| Aggravated assault | 103.9(57) | 46.5(26) | 59.6(33) | 96.4(53) | 28.5(16) |
| Property crime | 1338.5(734) | 1533.3(858) | 1576.7(873) | 1734.2(953) | 1389.5(780) |
| Burglary | 100.3(55) | 132.2(74) | 155.3(86) | 334.8(184) | 98.0(55) |
| Larceny | 1212.7(665) | 1179.5(660) | 1168.5(647) | 1164.6(640) | 1138.3(639) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 20.1(11) | 218.0(122) | 240.2(133) | 229.3(126) | 151.4(85) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oak Lawn, 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 Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn calculated?
- Oak Lawn'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 Oak Lawn 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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