Bolingbrook, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Bolingbrook, IL Summary

Crime in Bolingbrook research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bolingbrook 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 Bolingbrook:

  • There were 713 total crimes committed in Bolingbrook in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 961.2 total crimes per 100K people in Bolingbrook.
  • The overall crime rate in Bolingbrook is -54.64% below the national average.
  • Bolingbrook ranks #287 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Bolingbrook ranks #4,251 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.

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Bolingbrook Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bolingbrook is 961.2 per 100,000 people. That's -54.64% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -52.04% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bolingbrook
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 713 961.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.3 5.8 5.0
Robbery 13 17.5 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 88 118.6 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 135 182.0 289.2 359.0
Burglary 179 241.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 324 436.8 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 75 101.1 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 578 779.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Bolingbrook 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 Bolingbrook

135
Violent Crimes
182.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.30%
Below The National Average
  • There were 135 violent crimes in Bolingbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bolingbrook is 182.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 549.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bolingbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.30% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.07% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bolingbrook

578
Property Crimes
779.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-55.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 578 property crimes in Bolingbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bolingbrook is 779.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 128.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bolingbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -55.73% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.57% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bolingbrook

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Downers Grove, IL 49,567 488 984.5 871.5 113.0
Plainfield, IL 48,311 358 741.0 683.1 58.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Romeoville, IL 41,007 477 1,163.2 1,012.0 151.2
Woodridge, IL 33,387 293 877.6 817.7 59.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Lockport, IL 26,668 176 660.0 592.5 67.5
Lisle, IL 23,074 115 498.4 455.1 43.3

Bolingbrook SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
10
Safety
8.5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
4
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