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Safest cities in Illinois? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Illinois city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 13.23 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities159Current candidate pages
Candidate population3,309,204Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses43,795FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

8,076 residents Oak Brook 62.78 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 19,325 residents Evergreen Park 56.77 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,176 residents North Riverside 52.95 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 110,940 residents Peoria 45.00 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,956 residents Silvis 37.08 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 6,786 residents Calumet Park 34.48 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

10,917 residents Campton Hills 0.46 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 7,812 residents Round Lake Park 0.90 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,549 residents Hawthorn Woods 1.26 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 12,007 residents Pingree Grove 1.50 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 14,490 residents Lindenhurst 1.52 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 9,086 residents Gilberts 2.09 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Illinois city candidates

City Population Selected offenses Rate per 1,000 Trend
Oak Brook 8,076 507 62.78 Increasing
Evergreen Park 19,325 1,097 56.77 Increasing
North Riverside 7,176 380 52.95 Increasing
Peoria 110,940 4,992 45.00 Increasing
Silvis 7,956 295 37.08 Increasing
Calumet Park 6,786 234 34.48 Decreasing
Litchfield 6,603 210 31.80 Decreasing
Fairview Heights 16,148 495 30.65 Roughly stable
Peoria Heights 5,773 176 30.49 Roughly stable
Rock Falls 8,575 256 29.85 Roughly stable
Chicago Heights 26,566 780 29.36 Increasing
Alsip 18,504 533 28.80 Increasing
Forest Park 13,843 388 28.03 Decreasing
Riverdale 10,302 286 27.76 Trend pending
Flossmoor 9,376 255 27.20 Increasing
Hazel Crest 13,045 349 26.75 Decreasing
Herrin 12,250 327 26.69 Increasing
Skokie 65,914 1,736 26.34 Increasing
Blue Island 21,844 572 26.19 Increasing
Country Club Hills 16,242 411 25.30 Increasing
Lincolnwood 13,065 326 24.95 Increasing
East Moline 20,407 500 24.50 Increasing
Countryside 6,262 153 24.43 Decreasing
East Peoria 22,055 492 22.31 Increasing
Gurnee 30,400 678 22.30 Decreasing
Posen 5,415 118 21.79 Increasing
Crestwood 10,541 221 20.97 Increasing
Richton Park 12,503 262 20.95 Increasing
South Holland 20,790 430 20.68 Roughly stable
Bartonville 5,812 120 20.65 Roughly stable
Homewood 18,816 388 20.62 Decreasing
Willowbrook 9,130 188 20.59 Increasing
Jacksonville 17,813 366 20.55 Increasing
Effingham 12,414 252 20.30 Decreasing
Burbank 28,613 556 19.43 Increasing
Hillside 8,043 151 18.77 Roughly stable
Lansing 28,122 509 18.10 Decreasing
Streator 12,234 216 17.66 Increasing
Fox Lake 10,878 192 17.65 Roughly stable
Chicago Ridge 14,061 246 17.50 Mixed
Melrose Park 23,967 415 17.32 Roughly stable
Pontoon Beach 5,864 101 17.22 Increasing
Glenwood 8,431 143 16.96 Increasing
Oak Lawn 56,552 959 16.96 Increasing
University Park 7,048 118 16.74 Increasing
Northlake 12,486 208 16.66 Increasing
East Alton 5,642 93 16.48 Increasing
Steger 9,381 152 16.20 Increasing
Lombard 44,323 714 16.11 Roughly stable
Jerseyville 8,348 134 16.05 Roughly stable
Villa Park 21,926 347 15.83 Increasing
Machesney Park 22,787 359 15.75 Increasing
Midlothian 13,866 211 15.22 Roughly stable
Harvey 19,795 295 14.90 Increasing
Vernon Hills 26,867 399 14.85 Increasing
Park Forest 21,032 301 14.31 Roughly stable
Loves Park 23,616 333 14.10 Roughly stable
Franklin Park 18,086 249 13.77 Increasing
Metropolis 5,768 76 13.18 Decreasing
Rolling Meadows 23,729 298 12.56 Increasing
River Grove 10,433 129 12.36 Increasing
Lakemoor 6,422 79 12.30 Decreasing
Tinley Park 54,860 672 12.25 Increasing
Lake Zurich 19,865 243 12.23 Increasing
Glenview 47,571 575 12.09 Increasing
Northbrook 34,573 408 11.80 Increasing
Bellwood 18,156 214 11.79 Roughly stable
Wilmette 27,464 322 11.72 Mixed
Bensenville 18,550 215 11.59 Increasing
Morton Grove 24,489 274 11.19 Increasing
Crystal Lake 41,499 460 11.08 Increasing
Wood Dale 14,094 156 11.07 Increasing
Harwood Heights 8,772 97 11.06 Trend pending
Glen Carbon 13,899 153 11.01 Roughly stable
Westmont 24,191 264 10.91 Roughly stable
Elmwood Park 23,732 257 10.83 Increasing
Orland Park 57,987 627 10.81 Increasing
Des Plaines 58,868 626 10.63 Increasing
Romeoville 41,450 424 10.23 Increasing
South Beloit 7,965 81 10.17 Increasing
Hickory Hills 14,116 141 9.99 Increasing
Glendale Heights 32,713 321 9.81 Increasing
Hoffman Estates 50,930 497 9.76 Increasing
West Dundee 8,100 77 9.51 Increasing
Crest Hill 20,224 187 9.25 Increasing
Darien 21,917 202 9.22 Increasing
Lincolnshire 7,979 73 9.15 Increasing
Round Lake Beach 26,958 243 9.01 Increasing
Mount Prospect 55,490 488 8.79 Increasing
Burr Ridge 11,163 98 8.78 Increasing
Arlington Heights 75,640 661 8.74 Mixed
North Aurora 19,404 168 8.66 Trend pending
Lake Bluff 5,572 48 8.61 Trend pending
Park Ridge 38,500 331 8.60 Increasing
Elmhurst 45,833 386 8.42 Roughly stable
Palos Heights 12,092 101 8.35 Increasing
Woodridge 33,945 283 8.34 Increasing
Shorewood 18,531 154 8.31 Increasing
La Grange 15,952 129 8.09 Increasing
Highland Park 30,648 247 8.06 Increasing
Bolingbrook 74,770 593 7.93 Increasing
Bethalto 9,206 72 7.82 Mixed
Warrenville 15,209 118 7.76 Increasing
Carpentersville 37,269 289 7.75 Increasing
Itasca 9,500 73 7.68 Increasing
Swansea 14,440 110 7.62 Decreasing
Grayslake 21,169 158 7.46 Decreasing
South Barrington 5,060 37 7.31 Mixed
Mokena 19,917 144 7.23 Increasing
Buffalo Grove 42,907 310 7.22 Increasing
Carol Stream 39,367 284 7.21 Increasing
Mundelein 32,486 232 7.14 Increasing
Streamwood 38,338 263 6.86 Mixed
South Elgin 24,973 166 6.65 Increasing
Winnetka 12,502 83 6.64 Increasing
La Grange Park 13,475 88 6.53 Mixed
Berkeley 5,153 32 6.21 Increasing
West Chicago 25,339 156 6.16 Increasing
Harvard 9,411 58 6.16 Increasing
Lake Forest 19,752 121 6.13 Mixed
Westchester 16,335 100 6.12 Increasing
Spring Valley 5,411 33 6.10 Increasing
Round Lake 18,550 111 5.98 Increasing
Plano 12,663 75 5.92 Increasing
Glen Ellyn 28,762 169 5.88 Roughly stable
Glencoe 8,717 51 5.85 Mixed
Prospect Heights 15,573 91 5.84 Mixed
Wheaton 53,361 298 5.58 Increasing
Elburn 6,861 36 5.25 Increasing
Island Lake 8,047 42 5.22 Increasing
North Chicago 34,086 171 5.02 Decreasing
Wonder Lake 5,315 26 4.89 Increasing
Mount Carmel 6,796 33 4.86 Increasing
Hinsdale 17,533 84 4.79 Increasing
Cary 18,005 86 4.78 Increasing
Huntley 28,477 127 4.46 Decreasing
Oak Forest 26,834 116 4.32 Decreasing
Clarendon Hills 8,670 37 4.27 Decreasing
Lake in the Hills 28,687 121 4.22 Increasing
Hanover Park 36,627 150 4.10 Increasing
Du Quoin 5,609 23 4.10 Decreasing
Bartlett 40,606 164 4.04 Roughly stable
Inverness 7,426 30 4.04 Increasing
Palos Hills 18,032 72 3.99 Increasing
Yorkville 25,968 101 3.89 Decreasing
Braidwood 6,244 24 3.84 Mixed
Roselle 22,788 84 3.69 Roughly stable
Willow Springs 5,793 21 3.63 Mixed
Minooka 12,872 42 3.26 Trend pending
Pinckneyville 5,018 15 2.99 Increasing
Homer Glen 24,860 73 2.94 Increasing
Maryville 8,359 24 2.87 Decreasing
Western Springs 13,536 36 2.66 Decreasing
Gilberts 9,086 19 2.09 Increasing
Lindenhurst 14,490 22 1.52 Decreasing
Pingree Grove 12,007 18 1.50 Decreasing
Hawthorn Woods 9,549 12 1.26 Increasing
Round Lake Park 7,812 7 0.90 Decreasing
Campton Hills 10,917 5 0.46 Increasing

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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