Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Prospect Heights, IL Crime Grade
How Prospect Heights 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 Prospect Heights, IL was 45.3 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 15,462). That puts Prospect Heights 86% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 82% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Prospect Heights #433 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 89% of them, and #38 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 71% year over year and down 66% over the last five years.
Prospect Heights, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 45.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #433 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #38 of 214
- Safer than
- 89% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 71%
- 5-year change
- down 66%
- Population
- 15,462
- Reporting agency
- Prospect Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Prospect Heights Police Department (FBI ORI IL0169G00) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Prospect Heights (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Prospect Heights 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 | 132.5(21) | 175.3(27) | 164.1(25) | 158.7(24) | 45.3(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 12.6(2) | 51.9(8) | 19.7(3) | 19.8(3) | 6.5(1) |
| Robbery | 25.2(4) | 26.0(4) | 13.1(2) | 13.2(2) | 6.5(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 94.7(15) | 97.4(15) | 131.3(20) | 125.6(19) | 32.3(5) |
| Property crime | 706.8(112) | 1038.7(160) | 859.7(131) | 648.1(98) | 530.3(82) |
| Burglary | 113.6(18) | 84.4(13) | 131.3(20) | 158.7(24) | 51.7(8) |
| Larceny | 549.1(87) | 843.9(130) | 649.7(99) | 403.4(61) | 433.3(67) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 37.9(6) | 97.4(15) | 65.6(10) | 86.0(13) | 38.8(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Prospect Heights, 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 Prospect Heights 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 Prospect Heights calculated?
- Prospect Heights'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 Prospect Heights 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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