Hazel Crest, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hazel Crest, IL Summary

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

  • There were 407 total crimes committed in Hazel Crest in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,233.2 total crimes per 100K people in Hazel Crest.
  • The overall crime rate in Hazel Crest is 52.57% above the national average.
  • Hazel Crest ranks #481 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Hazel Crest ranks #8,795 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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Hazel Crest Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hazel Crest is 3,233.2 per 100,000 people. That's 52.57% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 61.31% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hazel Crest
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 407 3,233.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 19 150.9 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 40 317.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 68 540.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 79 627.6 290.5 229.0
Larceny 174 1,382.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 86 683.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 339 2,693.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Hazel Crest 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 Hazel Crest

68
Violent Crimes
540.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
50.47%
Above The National Average
  • There were 68 violent crimes in Hazel Crest in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hazel Crest is 540.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 185.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hazel Crest each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 50.47% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 86.80% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hazel Crest

339
Property Crimes
2,693.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
53.01%
Above The National Average
  • There were 339 property crimes in Hazel Crest in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hazel Crest is 2,693.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hazel Crest each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 53.01% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 57.01% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hazel Crest

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
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7
Harvey, IL 19,121 424 2,217.5 1,511.4 706.0
Homewood, IL 18,269 416 2,277.1 2,091.0 186.1
Lemont, IL 17,507 101 576.9 542.6 34.3
Hinsdale, IL 17,272 93 538.4 492.1 46.3
Country Club Hills, IL 15,787 454 2,875.8 2,546.4 329.4
La Grange, IL 15,471 149 963.1 775.6 187.4
Midlothian, IL 13,485 238 1,764.9 1,564.7 200.2

Hazel Crest SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
3
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