Oak Park, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oak Park, IL Summary

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

  • There were 2,017 total crimes committed in Oak Park in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,931.3 total crimes per 100K people in Oak Park.
  • The overall crime rate in Oak Park is 85.51% above the national average.
  • Oak Park ranks #505 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Oak Park ranks #9,243 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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Oak Park Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oak Park is 3,931.3 per 100,000 people. That's 85.51% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 96.14% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oak Park
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,017 3,931.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 3 5.8 5.8 5.0
Robbery 64 124.7 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 72 140.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 166 323.5 289.2 359.0
Burglary 545 1,062.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 1,108 2,159.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 198 385.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 1,851 3,607.8 1,715.2 1,760.0

Oak 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 Oak Park

166
Violent Crimes
323.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-9.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 166 violent crimes in Oak Park in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oak Park is 323.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 309.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oak Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -9.87% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 11.88% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oak Park

1,851
Property Crimes
3,607.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
104.99%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,851 property crimes in Oak Park in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oak Park is 3,607.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 27.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oak Park each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 104.99% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 110.34% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oak 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
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
Melrose Park, IL 23,327 484 2,074.8 1,770.5 304.4
Maywood, IL 23,055 384 1,665.6 724.4 941.2

Oak Park SnackAbility

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