Park Forest, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Park Forest, IL Summary

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

  • There were 367 total crimes committed in Park Forest in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,791.4 total crimes per 100K people in Park Forest.
  • The overall crime rate in Park Forest is -15.47% below the national average.
  • Park Forest ranks #408 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Park Forest ranks #6,783 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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Park Forest Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Park Forest is 1,791.4 per 100,000 people. That's -15.47% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -10.63% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Park Forest
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 367 1,791.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 3 14.6 5.8 5.0
Robbery 10 48.8 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 40 195.2 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 58 283.1 289.2 359.0
Burglary 98 478.4 290.5 229.0
Larceny 120 585.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 91 444.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 309 1,508.3 1,715.2 1,760.0

Park Forest 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 Park Forest

58
Violent Crimes
283.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-21.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 58 violent crimes in Park Forest in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Park Forest is 283.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 353.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Park Forest each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -21.14% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -2.10% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Park Forest

309
Property Crimes
1,508.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-14.30%
Below The National Average
  • There were 309 property crimes in Park Forest in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Park Forest is 1,508.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 66.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Park Forest each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -14.30% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -12.06% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Park Forest

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
Oak Forest, IL 25,823 136 526.7 437.6 89.1
Chicago Heights, IL 25,802 1,023 3,964.8 2,732.3 1,232.5
Homer Glen, IL 24,560 72 293.2 276.9 16.3
Mokena, IL 19,726 162 821.3 719.9 101.4
Matteson, IL 19,494 326 1,672.3 723.3 949.0
Homewood, IL 18,269 416 2,277.1 2,091.0 186.1
Palos Hills, IL 17,532 84 479.1 410.7 68.4
Richton Park, IL 12,187 297 2,437.0 2,108.8 328.2

Park Forest SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
4
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