Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Urbana, IL Crime Grade
How Urbana 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
9/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Urbana, IL was 441.7 per 100,000 residents (177 incidents over a population of 40,076). That puts Urbana Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 80% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Urbana #3,153 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #190 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
Urbana, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 441.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,153 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #190 of 214
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 40,076
- Reporting agency
- Urbana Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Urbana Police Department (FBI ORI IL0100600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Urbana (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Urbana 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 | 506.3(211) | 666.8(260) | 510.4(197) | 578.5(221) | 441.7(177) |
| Murder | 21.6(9) | 7.7(3) | 10.4(4) | 2.6(1) | 10.0(4) |
| Rape | 60.0(25) | 84.6(33) | 75.1(29) | 68.1(26) | 54.9(22) |
| Robbery | 50.4(21) | 46.2(18) | 95.9(37) | 83.8(32) | 82.3(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 374.3(156) | 528.3(206) | 329.0(127) | 424.0(162) | 294.4(118) |
| Property crime | 2037.3(849) | 2713.5(1,058) | 2756.7(1,064) | 2628.0(1,004) | 2487.8(997) |
| Burglary | 355.1(148) | 382.1(149) | 681.4(263) | 431.9(165) | 304.4(122) |
| Larceny | 1605.4(669) | 2177.5(849) | 1805.8(697) | 1892.5(723) | 1878.9(753) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 62.4(26) | 138.5(54) | 246.1(95) | 290.5(111) | 289.5(116) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Urbana, 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 Urbana 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 Urbana calculated?
- Urbana'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 Urbana 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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