Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Schaumburg, IL Crime Grade
How Schaumburg 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 Schaumburg, IL was 62.5 per 100,000 residents (48 incidents over a population of 76,773). That puts Schaumburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 75% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Schaumburg #667 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 82% of them, and #63 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 36% year over year and down 31% over the last five years.
Schaumburg, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 62.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #667 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #63 of 214
- Safer than
- 82% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 36%
- 5-year change
- down 31%
- Population
- 76,773
- Reporting agency
- Schaumburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Schaumburg Police Department (FBI ORI IL0162A00) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Schaumburg, IL
Also known as
- Schaumberg
- Schaumburg Center
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. Schaumburg (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Schaumburg 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 | 90.5(65) | 91.1(69) | 110.5(83) | 97.5(73) | 62.5(48) |
| Murder | 2.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 2.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(3) |
| Rape | 29.2(21) | 29.0(22) | 35.9(27) | 32.1(24) | 20.8(16) |
| Robbery | 19.5(14) | 22.4(17) | 25.3(19) | 25.4(19) | 11.7(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 39.0(28) | 39.6(30) | 46.6(35) | 40.1(30) | 26.1(20) |
| Property crime | 1344.9(966) | 2141.4(1,622) | 2070.8(1,556) | 2433.2(1,822) | 1625.6(1,248) |
| Burglary | 73.8(53) | 103.0(78) | 149.1(112) | 177.6(133) | 61.2(47) |
| Larceny | 1188.9(854) | 1910.4(1,447) | 1786.0(1,342) | 2135.4(1,599) | 1496.6(1,149) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 80.7(58) | 124.1(94) | 131.8(99) | 118.9(89) | 59.9(46) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Schaumburg, 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 Schaumburg 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 Schaumburg calculated?
- Schaumburg'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 Schaumburg 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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