Champaign is more Dangerous Than 94% of Cities

Is Champaign, IL Safe?

The F grade means the rate of crime is much higher than the average US city. Champaign is in the 6th percentile for safety, meaning 94% of cities are safer and 6% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Champaign’s proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of crime in Champaign is 68.45 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Champaign generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of crime in Champaign may be as high as 1 in 6 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 75 in the southwest part of the city. See the section on interpreting the crime map, however, because comparing rates for crime or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem.

Champaign Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Champaign residents in a standard year.