Crime Grade · Illinois

Safest Cities in Illinois

214 reporting Illinois cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 115.0 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Campton Hills	10,899	0.0	A1/10
2	Westchester	16,187	6.2	A1/10
3	Winnetka	12,445	8.0	A1/10
4	Troy	11,901	8.4	A1/10
5	Orland Park	57,891	8.6	A1/10
6	Darien	22,020	13.6	A1/10
7	Huntley	28,679	17.4	A1/10
8	Lake Forest	19,716	20.3	A1/10
9	Northbrook	34,398	20.4	A1/10
10	Deerfield	19,140	20.9	A1/10
11	Western Springs	13,515	22.2	A1/10
12	Wilmette	26,685	22.5	A1/10
13	Buffalo Grove	43,067	23.2	A1/10
14	Warrenville	15,530	25.8	A1/10
15	Elmhurst	46,205	26.0	A1/10
16	Palos Hills	17,919	27.9	A1/10
17	Columbia	10,604	28.3	A1/10
18	Hickory Hills	14,035	28.5	A1/10
19	Park Ridge	38,187	28.8	A1/10
20	McHenry	29,207	30.8	A1/10
21	Homer Glen	24,941	32.1	A1/10
22	Frankfort	21,378	32.7	A1/10
23	Justice	12,194	32.8	A1/10
24	Wheaton	53,702	33.5	A1/10
25	Oak Forest	26,677	33.7	A1/10
26	Lockport	27,110	36.9	A1/10
27	Arlington Heights	75,155	37.3	A1/10
28	Glen Ellyn	28,855	38.1	A1/10
29	Hinsdale	17,656	39.6	A1/10
30	Morton Grove	24,287	41.2	A1/10
31	Edwardsville	26,691	41.2	A1/10
32	Bartlett	40,644	41.8	A1/10
33	Woodstock	25,952	42.4	A1/10
34	Lisle	23,520	42.5	A1/10
35	Wauconda	14,052	42.7	A1/10
36	Woodridge	34,100	44.0	A1/10
37	Cary	18,087	44.2	A1/10
38	Prospect Heights	15,462	45.3	A1/10
39	Algonquin	30,758	45.5	A1/10
40	Minooka	12,945	46.3	A1/10
41	Plano	12,878	46.6	A1/10
42	Sycamore	19,042	47.3	A1/10
43	Brookfield	18,749	48.0	A1/10
44	Bensenville	18,594	48.4	A1/10
45	Winfield	10,300	48.5	A1/10
46	Palos Heights	12,007	50.0	A1/10
47	Mount Prospect	55,157	50.8	A1/10
48	Pingree Grove	11,809	50.8	A1/10
49	Antioch	15,234	52.5	A1/10
50	Lemont	18,306	54.6	A1/10
51	Lindenhurst	14,612	54.7	A1/10
52	Highland Park	30,956	54.9	A1/10
53	Niles	29,099	55.0	A1/10
54	Mokena	19,928	55.2	A1/10
55	New Lenox	28,798	55.6	A1/10
56	Carol Stream	39,506	58.2	A1/10
57	Round Lake	18,645	59.0	A1/10
58	Shorewood	18,608	59.1	A1/10
59	La Grange Park	13,402	59.7	A1/10
60	Batavia	26,566	60.2	A1/10
61	Channahon	14,629	61.5	A1/10
62	Burr Ridge	11,208	62.5	A1/10
63	Schaumburg	76,773	62.5	A1/10
64	Roscoe	10,986	63.7	A1/10
65	Wood Dale	13,971	64.4	A1/10
66	Glen Carbon	13,870	64.9	A1/10
67	Grayslake	24,339	65.7	A1/10
68	Westmont	24,282	65.9	A1/10
69	Rolling Meadows	23,621	67.7	A1/10
70	Swansea	14,470	69.1	A1/10
71	Mundelein	32,923	69.9	A1/10
72	Lake Zurich	20,004	70.0	A1/10
73	Naperville	154,062	70.1	A1/10
74	Oswego	39,860	70.2	A1/10
75	Vernon Hills	27,046	70.3	A1/10
76	Bloomingdale	22,280	71.8	A1/10
77	Plainfield	49,912	72.1	A1/10
78	Oak Lawn	56,136	73.0	A1/10
79	Hoffman Estates	50,564	75.2	A1/10
80	Barrington	10,592	75.5	A1/10
81	La Grange	15,856	75.7	A1/10
82	Lombard	44,509	76.4	A1/10
83	Lake in the Hills	28,651	80.3	A1/10
84	Roselle	22,372	80.5	A1/10
85	Yorkville	27,164	81.0	A1/10
86	Libertyville	20,257	83.9	A1/10
87	Round Lake Beach	27,062	85.0	A1/10
88	Palatine	65,532	85.5	A1/10
89	Washington	15,806	88.6	A1/10
90	Glenview	47,409	88.6	A1/10
91	Highland	10,015	89.9	A1/10
92	Tinley Park	54,618	93.4	A1/10
93	Elmwood Park	23,520	93.5	A1/10
94	Wheeling	38,111	94.5	A1/10
95	St. Charles	33,584	95.3	A1/10
96	Morton	17,653	96.3	A1/10
97	Hanover Park	36,523	98.6	A1/10
98	Shiloh	14,912	100.6	A1/10
99	Streamwood	38,094	102.4	A1/10
100	Glendale Heights	32,808	103.6	A1/10
101	River Grove	10,387	105.9	A1/10
102	Des Plaines	58,435	106.1	A1/10
103	Crystal Lake	41,838	107.6	A1/10
104	Elk Grove Village	31,583	107.7	A1/10
105	River Forest	11,833	109.9	A1/10
106	Evanston	75,562	111.2	A1/10
107	Romeoville	41,271	111.5	A1/10
108	Downers Grove	49,567	115.0	A1/10
109	Dixon	15,104	119.2	A1/10
110	Gurnee	30,518	121.2	A2/10
111	Norridge	14,723	122.3	A2/10
112	South Elgin	25,198	123.0	A2/10
113	Lincolnwood	12,968	123.4	A2/10
114	Evergreen Park	19,163	130.5	A2/10
115	Franklin Park	18,040	133.0	A2/10
116	Waterloo	10,515	133.1	A2/10
117	Addison	35,753	134.3	A2/10
118	Villa Park	21,974	136.5	A2/10
119	Geneva	21,126	137.3	A2/10
120	West Chicago	25,446	137.5	A2/10
121	Belvidere	25,339	138.1	A2/10
122	Crest Hill	20,175	138.8	A2/10
123	O'Fallon	32,108	140.2	A2/10
124	North Aurora	19,600	142.9	A2/10
125	Crestwood	10,473	143.2	A2/10
126	Northlake	12,345	145.8	A2/10
127	Montgomery	22,357	147.6	A2/10
128	Skokie	65,401	149.8	A2/10
129	Morris	14,677	149.9	A2/10
130	Homewood	18,646	155.5	A2/10
131	Burbank	28,424	158.3	A2/10
132	South Holland	20,625	164.8	A2/10
133	Bourbonnais	18,080	165.9	A2/10
134	Wood River	10,205	166.6	A2/10
135	Lincoln	13,014	169.0	A2/10
136	Berwyn	53,581	169.8	A2/10
137	Carpentersville	36,955	175.9	A2/10
138	Schiller Park	11,360	184.9	A3/10
139	Chicago Ridge	13,952	186.4	A3/10
140	Jacksonville	17,692	186.5	A3/10
141	Summit	10,675	187.4	A3/10
142	Chatham	14,696	190.5	A3/10
143	Taylorville	10,205	196.0	A3/10
144	North Chicago	30,614	202.5	A3/10
145	Collinsville	23,618	211.7	A3/10
146	Cicero	81,401	212.5	A3/10
147	Bolingbrook	74,990	214.7	A3/10
148	Elgin	114,717	217.1	A3/10
149	Worth	10,593	217.1	A3/10
150	Midlothian	13,775	217.8	A3/10
151	Oak Park	52,550	236.0	A3/10
152	Forest Park	13,740	240.2	A3/10
153	Streator	12,242	245.1	A3/10
154	Ottawa	18,764	245.2	A3/10
155	Freeport	22,939	248.5	A3/10
156	Bridgeview	16,056	249.1	A3/10
157	East Moline	20,917	253.4	A3/10
158	Charleston	17,307	254.2	A3/10
159	Sterling	14,461	255.9	A3/10
160	Effingham	12,461	256.8	A3/10
161	Bellwood	17,990	261.3	B4/10
162	Fox Lake	10,916	265.7	B4/10
163	DeKalb	40,558	266.3	B4/10
164	Aurora	176,688	268.8	B4/10
165	Alsip	18,361	272.3	B4/10
166	Lansing	27,898	272.4	B4/10
167	Country Club Hills	16,122	279.1	B4/10
168	Park Forest	20,869	282.7	B4/10
169	Blue Island	21,643	286.5	B4/10
170	Canton	13,600	286.8	B4/10
171	East Peoria	21,921	292.0	B4/10
172	Bradley	15,277	294.6	B4/10
173	Richton Park	12,446	297.3	B4/10
174	Melrose Park	23,327	300.1	B4/10
175	Pontiac	11,016	308.6	B4/10
176	Bloomington	79,368	312.5	B4/10
177	Zion	24,546	330.0	B4/10
178	Normal	52,573	334.8	B4/10
179	Joliet	152,211	342.3	B4/10
180	Calumet City	33,859	342.6	B4/10
181	Hazel Crest	12,941	355.5	B4/10
182	Champaign	92,875	368.2	B5/10
183	Chicago	2,715,488	370.8	B5/10
184	Waukegan	88,433	374.3	B5/10
185	Riverdale	10,221	381.6	B5/10
186	Herrin	12,230	384.3	B5/10
187	Moline	42,331	411.0	B5/10
188	Fairview Heights	15,980	419.3	B5/10
189	Mattoon	16,540	429.3	B5/10
190	Urbana	40,076	441.7	B5/10
191	Galesburg	29,128	442.9	B5/10
192	Kewanee	12,338	445.8	B5/10
193	Belleville	40,142	480.8	C6/10
194	Quincy	39,860	494.2	C6/10
195	Pekin	31,128	517.2	C6/10
196	Rantoul	12,254	522.3	C6/10
197	Mount Vernon	14,062	576.0	C6/10
198	Markham	12,289	602.2	C6/10
199	Rock Island	36,292	606.2	C6/10
200	Decatur	68,221	671.3	C7/10
201	Granite City	26,691	760.6	C7/10
202	Alton	24,803	798.3	C7/10
203	Chicago Heights	26,329	801.4	D8/10
204	Springfield	112,595	889.0	D8/10
205	Rockford	147,186	898.9	D8/10
206	Harvey	19,668	899.9	D8/10
207	Centralia	11,699	923.2	D8/10
208	Maywood	23,055	941.2	D8/10
209	Kankakee	25,863	943.4	D8/10
210	Matteson	19,494	949.0	D8/10
211	Carbondale	22,213	972.4	D8/10
212	East St. Louis	26,277	1019.9	D8/10
213	Peoria	111,389	1249.7	F9/10
214	Danville	27,702	1458.4	F10/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.