Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wheeling, IL Crime Grade
How Wheeling 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 Wheeling, IL was 94.5 per 100,000 residents (36 incidents over a population of 38,111). That puts Wheeling Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 62% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wheeling (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wheeling 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 | 51.2(20) | 169.4(64) | 109.9(41) | 61.7(23) | 94.5(36) |
| Murder | 7.7(3) | 2.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 23.0(9) | 68.8(26) | 29.5(11) | 29.5(11) | 28.9(11) |
| Robbery | 2.6(1) | 13.2(5) | 13.4(5) | 10.7(4) | 2.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 17.9(7) | 84.7(32) | 67.0(25) | 18.8(7) | 63.0(24) |
| Property crime | 992.7(388) | 965.9(365) | 978.0(365) | 910.0(339) | 784.6(299) |
| Burglary | 46.1(18) | 100.6(38) | 131.3(49) | 217.4(81) | 44.6(17) |
| Larceny | 915.9(358) | 801.8(303) | 758.3(283) | 585.2(218) | 663.9(253) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 25.6(10) | 60.9(23) | 85.7(32) | 104.7(39) | 73.5(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Wheeling's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Illinois cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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