Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Shorewood, IL Crime Grade
How Shorewood 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 Shorewood, IL was 59.1 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 18,608). That puts Shorewood 82% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 76% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Shorewood #626 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 83% of them, and #58 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 36% year over year and down 5% over the last five years.
Shorewood, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 59.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #626 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #58 of 214
- Safer than
- 83% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 36%
- 5-year change
- down 5%
- Population
- 18,608
- Reporting agency
- Shorewood Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Shorewood Police Department (FBI ORI IL0992100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Shorewood, IL
Also known as
- Grinton
- Troy
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. Shorewood (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Shorewood 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 | 62.2(11) | 70.9(13) | 76.4(14) | 92.2(17) | 59.1(11) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 50.9(9) | 27.3(5) | 32.8(6) | 0.0(0) | 5.4(1) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 16.4(3) | 5.5(1) | 16.3(3) | 10.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 11.3(2) | 27.3(5) | 38.2(7) | 76.0(14) | 43.0(8) |
| Property crime | 412.8(73) | 709.4(130) | 660.6(121) | 846.3(156) | 634.1(118) |
| Burglary | 39.6(7) | 49.1(9) | 87.4(16) | 70.5(13) | 21.5(4) |
| Larceny | 350.6(62) | 600.2(110) | 491.4(90) | 694.4(128) | 521.3(97) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 22.6(4) | 60.0(11) | 76.4(14) | 70.5(13) | 91.4(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Shorewood, 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 Shorewood 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 Shorewood calculated?
- Shorewood'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 Shorewood 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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