Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lansing reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Lansing’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #291 of 339 graded towns in Illinois.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IL” is every other Illinois city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Lansing
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Lansing’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: South Holland (C−). Calumet City, Lynwood, Bloom Township and Thornton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lansing’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
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| Year | Lansing property | Rest of Illinois property | Lansing violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.1 | 20.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 19.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 15.8 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 16 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lansing’s police reported 295 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Lansing | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
518 crimes reported in 2025
76 violent and 442 property, as reported to the FBI by Lansing’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Lansing’s roads in 2019–2023
Lansing had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (11 of 17) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 12.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Lansing and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing | C− | 3.6 | 19.7 |
| Calumet City | — | — | — |
| Lynwood | — | — | — |
| South Holland | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Bloom Township | — | — | — |
| Thornton Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Calumet City, Lynwood, Bloom Township and Thornton Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Lansing. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lansing’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,898 in 2025); our figure for Lansing is 28,068 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Lansing
Is Lansing, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lansing reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #291 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 3.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Lansing?
3.6 violent and 19.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Lansing?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Lansing in 2025?
Lansing’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lansing safer than South Holland?
South Holland reports less crime per resident than Lansing: South Holland grades C− for safety and Lansing C−. South Holland’s police reported 3.2 violent and 20.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lansing?
Lansing’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lansing”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.