Palos Hills, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Palos Hills, IL Summary

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

  • There were 84 total crimes committed in Palos Hills in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 479.1 total crimes per 100K people in Palos Hills.
  • The overall crime rate in Palos Hills is -77.39% below the national average.
  • Palos Hills ranks #144 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Palos Hills ranks #2,108 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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Palos Hills Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palos Hills is 479.1 per 100,000 people. That's -77.39% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -76.10% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palos Hills
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 84 479.1 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 17.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 9 51.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 12 68.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 22 125.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 35 199.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 15 85.6 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 72 410.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Palos Hills 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 Palos Hills

12
Violent Crimes
68.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-80.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Palos Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palos Hills is 68.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,461.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palos Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -80.93% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -76.33% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palos Hills

72
Property Crimes
410.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-76.67%
Below The National Average
  • There were 72 property crimes in Palos Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palos Hills is 410.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 243.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palos Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -76.67% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -76.06% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palos Hills

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
Oak Lawn, IL 54,953 1,048 1,907.1 1,726.9 180.2
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Burbank, IL 27,784 601 2,163.1 1,965.2 198.0
Lisle, IL 23,074 115 498.4 455.1 43.3
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7
Hinsdale, IL 17,272 93 538.4 492.1 46.3
Bridgeview, IL 16,056 79 492.0 242.9 249.1

Palos Hills SnackAbility

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