Romeoville, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Romeoville, IL Summary

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

  • There were 477 total crimes committed in Romeoville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,163.2 total crimes per 100K people in Romeoville.
  • The overall crime rate in Romeoville is -45.11% below the national average.
  • Romeoville ranks #325 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Romeoville ranks #5,002 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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Romeoville Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Romeoville is 1,163.2 per 100,000 people. That's -45.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -41.97% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Romeoville
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 477 1,163.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 8 19.5 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 44 107.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 62 151.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 74 180.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 291 709.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 50 121.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 415 1,012.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Romeoville 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 Romeoville

62
Violent Crimes
151.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-57.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 62 violent crimes in Romeoville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Romeoville is 151.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 661.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Romeoville each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -57.88% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -47.72% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Romeoville

415
Property Crimes
1,012.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-42.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 415 property crimes in Romeoville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Romeoville is 1,012.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 98.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Romeoville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -42.50% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -41.00% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Romeoville

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
Bolingbrook, IL 74,177 713 961.2 779.2 182.0
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Plainfield, IL 48,311 358 741.0 683.1 58.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Woodridge, IL 33,387 293 877.6 817.7 59.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Lockport, IL 26,668 176 660.0 592.5 67.5
Homer Glen, IL 24,560 72 293.2 276.9 16.3
Lisle, IL 23,074 115 498.4 455.1 43.3

Romeoville SnackAbility

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