Robinson, IL has a C safety grade (56/100) with a violent crime rate of 301 per 100,000, 14% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS

Robinson, IL Crime Rate & Safety

Robinson is a small municipal reporter (6,968 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with IL and U.S. context.

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C
Safety grade
Average
1607.3
Property / 100K
301.4
Violent / 100K
7K
Population
-6%
property vs U.S.

Robinson, IL carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 14% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Robinson, IL shows violent crime at 301.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,607.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • C safety grade
  • 301.4/100K violent
  • 1607.3/100K property
  • -14% vs U.S.

The verdict

Robinson earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 14% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.

C
PlainCrime safety grade
-14%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
30th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,607.3
property crimes per 100K

Based on 21 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,968. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Robinson, IL

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Robinson reported 21 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 6,968. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.

Comparable rate records

Robinson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Robinson's 301.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are University Park (301.7), Potomac (303.5), Jacksonville (303.7), Melrose Park (304.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.

Position in the state cohort

Robinson reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities

At 301.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Robinson ranks 91 of 506 — above 415 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +202.4% against the cohort median of 99.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

2022–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 389.5 per 100,000 in 2022 to 301.4 in 2024 (-22.6%). The highest observed value was 389.5 in 2022 and the lowest 301.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 15.8% of the 133 Part I offenses reported in Robinson for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 4.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

Property-offense composition

Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 79.5% of reported property offenses in Robinson, against a cohort median of 70.2%. The remainder is burglary (15) and motor vehicle theft (8). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Property counts dominate Robinson's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.

Based on 21 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,968. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.

Property rate moved most (2023→2024)

Property Crime Rate
-18.8%
1979.9 → 1607.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-7.3%
325.3 → 301.4/100K

Property offenses lead Robinson's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 112 1607.3
Larceny-Theft 89 1277.3
Burglary 15 215.3
Motor Vehicle Theft 8 114.8
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 21 301.4
Rape 11 157.9
Aggravated Assault 10 143.5
Murder 0 0
Robbery 0 0

Robinson Crime Trend (2020-2024)

The chart omits 2020, 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.

Robinson property crime rate trend

Lead series · rose across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
1,607.3/100K 18.8% vs 2023
1,2001,4001,6001,8002,0002,200 202220232024 1,607

Robinson violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2022-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
301.4/100K 7.3% vs 2023
280300320340360380400 202220232024 301
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Insufficient reporting 7,301 - -
2021 Insufficient reporting 7,229 - -
2022 Comparable 7,189 389.5 1349.3
2023 Comparable 7,071 325.3 1979.9
2024 Comparable 6,968 301.4 1607.3

How Robinson sits among IL peers

Robinson vs. similar-size IL cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Robinson vs. similar-size IL cities, violent vs. property crime 13 417 Violent crime per 100K → 339 5,907 Property crime per 100K → Robinson SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Reporting Agency

Robinson Police Department NIBRS-participating

Robinson's crime figures on this page originate from Robinson Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Cities in Illinois

Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to Robinson in population. Their populations run from 6,876 to 7,211, against 6,968 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Similar violent-crime rates in Illinois

These Illinois cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Robinson's 301.4/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate in Robinson, IL?
Robinson has a violent crime rate of 301.4 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1607.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Robinson, IL safe?
Robinson receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 56/100. The violent crime rate is 14% below the national average and 9% above the Illinois average.
What is the population of Robinson, IL?
The reporting population for Robinson is 6,968 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Robinson?
In 2024, Robinson reported 21 violent crimes and 112 property crimes, for a total of 133 reported offenses.
How do Robinson's reported offenses compare with its population?
In 2024, Robinson recorded about one reported offense per 52 residents and one reported violent offense per 332 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Robinson?
From 2023 to 2024, Robinson's violent crime rate decreased by 7.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18.8%.
What is the most common crime in Robinson?
The most common crime type in Robinson is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.9% of all reported crimes (89 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: Robinson is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.

Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.

Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.

Federal sources for this small-city row

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Robinson, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Robinson is scored as a small-city UCR reporter (6,968 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.