Shorewood, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shorewood, IL Summary

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

  • There were 168 total crimes committed in Shorewood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 911.4 total crimes per 100K people in Shorewood.
  • The overall crime rate in Shorewood is -56.99% below the national average.
  • Shorewood ranks #271 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Shorewood ranks #4,052 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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Shorewood Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shorewood is 911.4 per 100,000 people. That's -56.99% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -54.53% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shorewood
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 168 911.4 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 16.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 14 76.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 17 92.2 289.2 359.0
Burglary 12 65.1 290.5 229.0
Larceny 126 683.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 13 70.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 151 819.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Shorewood 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 Shorewood

17
Violent Crimes
92.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-74.31%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Shorewood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shorewood is 92.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,084.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shorewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -74.31% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.11% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shorewood

151
Property Crimes
819.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-53.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 151 property crimes in Shorewood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shorewood is 819.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 122.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shorewood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -53.46% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -52.24% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shorewood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Joliet, IL 150,569 2,401 1,594.6 1,244.6 350.0
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Orland Park, IL 56,593 637 1,125.6 1,097.3 28.3
Plainfield, IL 48,311 358 741.0 683.1 58.0
Oswego, IL 37,893 222 585.9 551.6 34.3
Woodridge, IL 33,387 293 877.6 817.7 59.9
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7
Crest Hill, IL 20,020 218 1,088.9 909.1 179.8
Mokena, IL 19,726 162 821.3 719.9 101.4
Lemont, IL 17,507 101 576.9 542.6 34.3

Shorewood SnackAbility

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