Downers Grove, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Downers Grove, IL Summary

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

  • There were 488 total crimes committed in Downers Grove in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 984.5 total crimes per 100K people in Downers Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Downers Grove is -53.54% below the national average.
  • Downers Grove ranks #299 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Downers Grove ranks #4,350 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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Downers Grove Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Downers Grove is 984.5 per 100,000 people. That's -53.54% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -50.88% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Downers Grove
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 488 984.5 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 4 8.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 33 66.6 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 56 113.0 289.2 359.0
Burglary 67 135.2 290.5 229.0
Larceny 321 647.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 44 88.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 432 871.5 1,715.2 1,760.0

Downers Grove 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 Downers Grove

56
Violent Crimes
113.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 violent crimes in Downers Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Downers Grove is 113.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 885.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Downers Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.53% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.93% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Downers Grove

432
Property Crimes
871.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 432 property crimes in Downers Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Downers Grove is 871.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 114.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Downers Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.48% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -49.19% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Downers Grove

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
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Bartlett, IL 39,656 166 418.6 390.9 27.7
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
Woodridge, IL 33,387 293 877.6 817.7 59.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Westmont, IL 23,785 263 1,105.7 1,051.1 54.7
Lisle, IL 23,074 115 498.4 455.1 43.3
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7

Downers Grove SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
7
Safety
9
Amenities
9.5
Education
9.5
Commute
5
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