Lansing, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lansing, IL Summary

Crime in Lansing research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lansing over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lansing:

  • There were 609 total crimes committed in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,230.0 total crimes per 100K people in Lansing.
  • The overall crime rate in Lansing is 5.23% above the national average.
  • Lansing ranks #445 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lansing ranks #7,641 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

Additional research about crime in Illinois

Lansing Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lansing is 2,230.0 per 100,000 people. That's 5.23% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 11.26% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lansing
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 609 2,230.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.7 5.8 5.0
Robbery 43 157.5 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 44 161.1 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 107 391.8 289.2 359.0
Burglary 199 728.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 184 673.8 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 119 435.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 502 1,838.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lansing Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Lansing

107
Violent Crimes
391.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
9.14%
Above The National Average
  • There were 107 violent crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lansing is 391.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 255.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 9.14% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 35.49% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lansing

502
Property Crimes
1,838.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
4.44%
Above The National Average
  • There were 502 property crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lansing is 1,838.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 4.44% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 7.17% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lansing

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Hammond, IN 75,677 2,886 3,813.6 3,072.3 741.3
Orland Park, IL 56,593 637 1,125.6 1,097.3 28.3
Tinley Park, IL 53,256 721 1,353.8 1,244.9 108.9
Oak Forest, IL 25,823 136 526.7 437.6 89.1
Munster, IN 23,524 254 1,079.7 1,028.7 51.0
Highland, IN 23,381 396 1,693.7 1,595.3 98.4
South Holland, IL 20,192 495 2,451.5 2,114.7 336.8
Mokena, IL 19,726 162 821.3 719.9 101.4
Palos Hills, IL 17,532 84 479.1 410.7 68.4
Dyer, IN 16,278 58 356.3 344.0 12.3

Lansing SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
10
Safety
6
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
4
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