Crete, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Crete, IL Summary

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

  • There were 89 total crimes committed in Crete in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,075.3 total crimes per 100K people in Crete.
  • The overall crime rate in Crete is -49.26% below the national average.
  • Crete ranks #312 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Crete ranks #4,685 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.

Additional research about crime in Illinois

Crete Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Crete is 1,075.3 per 100,000 people. That's -49.26% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -46.35% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Crete
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 89 1,075.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 4 48.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 108.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 14 169.1 289.2 359.0
Burglary 19 229.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 50 604.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 72.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 75 906.1 1,715.2 1,760.0

Crete 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 Crete

14
Violent Crimes
169.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-52.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 14 violent crimes in Crete in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Crete is 169.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 591.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Crete each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -52.88% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.51% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Crete

75
Property Crimes
906.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-48.52%
Below The National Average
  • There were 75 property crimes in Crete in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Crete is 906.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 110.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Crete each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -48.52% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.17% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Crete

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Orland Park, IL 56,593 637 1,125.6 1,097.3 28.3
Tinley Park, IL 53,256 721 1,353.8 1,244.9 108.9
New Lenox, IL 28,315 277 978.3 925.3 53.0
Oak Forest, IL 25,823 136 526.7 437.6 89.1
Chicago Heights, IL 25,802 1,023 3,964.8 2,732.3 1,232.5
Park Forest, IL 20,487 367 1,791.4 1,508.3 283.1
Mokena, IL 19,726 162 821.3 719.9 101.4
Richton Park, IL 12,187 297 2,437.0 2,108.8 328.2
Palos Heights, IL 11,353 105 924.9 863.2 61.7
Worth, IL 10,352 136 1,313.8 1,110.9 202.9

Crete SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
9
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
4
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