Forest Park, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Forest Park, IL Summary

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

  • There were 437 total crimes committed in Forest Park in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,246.7 total crimes per 100K people in Forest Park.
  • The overall crime rate in Forest Park is 53.20% above the national average.
  • Forest Park ranks #484 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Forest Park ranks #8,809 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

Forest Park Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Forest Park is 3,246.7 per 100,000 people. That's 53.20% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 61.98% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Forest Park
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 437 3,246.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 4 29.7 5.8 5.0
Robbery 18 133.7 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 20 148.6 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 56 416.0 289.2 359.0
Burglary 55 408.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 266 1,976.2 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 60 445.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 381 2,830.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Forest Park 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 Forest Park

56
Violent Crimes
416.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
15.89%
Above The National Average
  • There were 56 violent crimes in Forest Park in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Forest Park is 416.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 240.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Forest Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 15.89% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 43.87% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Forest Park

381
Property Crimes
2,830.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
60.83%
Above The National Average
  • There were 381 property crimes in Forest Park in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Forest Park is 2,830.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 35.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Forest Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 60.83% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 65.03% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Forest Park

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cicero, IL 79,748 1,261 1,581.2 1,233.9 347.3
Berwyn, IL 53,581 671 1,252.3 1,132.9 119.4
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Oak Park, IL 51,306 2,017 3,931.3 3,607.8 323.5
Glenview, IL 46,371 631 1,360.8 1,209.8 151.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
Northbrook, IL 33,610 412 1,225.8 1,208.0 17.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Wilmette, IL 26,685 323 1,210.4 1,187.9 22.5

Forest Park SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
4
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