Crest Hill, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Crest Hill, IL Summary

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

  • There were 218 total crimes committed in Crest Hill in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,088.9 total crimes per 100K people in Crest Hill.
  • The overall crime rate in Crest Hill is -48.62% below the national average.
  • Crest Hill ranks #313 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Crest Hill ranks #4,730 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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Crest Hill Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Crest Hill is 1,088.9 per 100,000 people. That's -48.62% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -45.67% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Crest Hill
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 218 1,088.9 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 4 20.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 25 124.9 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 36 179.8 289.2 359.0
Burglary 52 259.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 113 564.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 17 84.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 182 909.1 1,715.2 1,760.0

Crest Hill 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 Crest Hill

36
Violent Crimes
179.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-49.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 36 violent crimes in Crest Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Crest Hill is 179.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 556.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Crest Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -49.91% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.82% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Crest Hill

182
Property Crimes
909.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-48.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 182 property crimes in Crest Hill in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Crest Hill is 909.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 110.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Crest Hill each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -48.35% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.00% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Crest Hill

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Joliet, IL 150,569 2,401 1,594.6 1,244.6 350.0
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Tinley Park, IL 53,256 721 1,353.8 1,244.9 108.9
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
Romeoville, IL 41,007 477 1,163.2 1,012.0 151.2
Lockport, IL 26,668 176 660.0 592.5 67.5
Lisle, IL 23,074 115 498.4 455.1 43.3
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7

Crest Hill SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
5
Commute
6
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