Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Charles, IL Crime Grade
How St. Charles 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
5/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. Charles, IL was 95.3 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 33,584). That puts St. Charles Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 61% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks St. Charles #1,072 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 72% of them, and #95 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
St. Charles, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Illinois Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 95.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,072 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #95 of 214
- Safer than
- 72% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 33,584
- Reporting agency
- St. Charles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Charles Police Department (FBI ORI IL0451400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Charles, IL
Also known as
- Charleston
- Waterville
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. St. Charles (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Charles 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 | 133.5(44) | 130.4(43) | 88.9(29) | 92.2(30) | 95.3(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.3(8) | 45.5(15) | 52.1(17) | 40.0(13) | 35.7(12) |
| Robbery | 18.2(6) | 27.3(9) | 6.1(2) | 6.1(2) | 11.9(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 91.0(30) | 57.6(19) | 30.7(10) | 43.0(14) | 47.6(16) |
| Property crime | 746.6(246) | 1210.1(399) | 1116.2(364) | 1066.7(347) | 955.8(321) |
| Burglary | 112.3(37) | 112.2(37) | 134.9(44) | 126.0(41) | 128.0(43) |
| Larceny | 579.7(191) | 1049.3(346) | 920.0(300) | 922.3(300) | 774.2(260) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 54.6(18) | 42.5(14) | 58.3(19) | 18.4(6) | 53.6(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Charles, 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles calculated?
- St. Charles'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 St. Charles 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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