Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Waukegan, IL Crime Grade
How Waukegan 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
9/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Waukegan, IL was 374.3 per 100,000 residents (331 incidents over a population of 88,433). That puts Waukegan Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 52% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Waukegan #2,944 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #184 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 18% year over year and down 2% over the last five years.
Waukegan, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Illinois Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 374.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,944 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #184 of 214
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 18%
- 5-year change
- down 2%
- Population
- 88,433
- Reporting agency
- Waukegan Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Waukegan Police Department (FBI ORI IL0492100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Waukegan, IL
Also known as
- Little Fort
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. Waukegan (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Waukegan 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 382.6(331) | 368.6(316) | 377.5(330) | 454.4(396) | 374.3(331) |
| Murder | 1.2(1) | 8.2(7) | 16.0(14) | 5.7(5) | 2.3(2) |
| Rape | 23.1(20) | 15.2(13) | 82.4(72) | 94.1(82) | 64.5(57) |
| Robbery | 146.8(127) | 126.0(108) | 90.4(79) | 60.8(53) | 58.8(52) |
| Aggravated assault | 211.5(183) | 219.3(188) | 188.8(165) | 293.7(256) | 248.8(220) |
| Property crime | 2253.0(1,949) | 1648.0(1,413) | 1140.6(997) | 1661.4(1,448) | 1548.1(1,369) |
| Burglary | 404.6(350) | 250.8(215) | 319.2(279) | 270.8(236) | 165.1(146) |
| Larceny | 1731.7(1,498) | 1320.3(1,132) | 345.5(302) | 847.9(739) | 987.2(873) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 93.6(81) | 72.3(62) | 455.3(398) | 530.1(462) | 389.0(344) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Waukegan, 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 Waukegan 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 Waukegan calculated?
- Waukegan'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 Waukegan 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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