Steger, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Steger, IL Summary

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

  • There were 191 total crimes committed in Steger in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,078.3 total crimes per 100K people in Steger.
  • The overall crime rate in Steger is -1.93% below the national average.
  • Steger ranks #435 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Steger ranks #7,374 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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Steger Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Steger is 2,078.3 per 100,000 people. That's -1.93% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 3.69% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Steger
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 191 2,078.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 21.8 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 23 250.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 29 315.6 289.2 359.0
Burglary 43 467.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 70 761.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 49 533.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 162 1,762.8 1,715.2 1,760.0

Steger 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 Steger

29
Violent Crimes
315.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-12.10%
Below The National Average
  • There were 29 violent crimes in Steger in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Steger is 315.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 316.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Steger each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -12.10% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 9.12% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Steger

162
Property Crimes
1,762.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
0.16%
Above The National Average
  • There were 162 property crimes in Steger in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Steger is 1,762.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Steger each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 0.16% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 2.77% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Steger

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
Park Forest, IL 20,487 367 1,791.4 1,508.3 283.1
Mokena, IL 19,726 162 821.3 719.9 101.4
Palos Hills, IL 17,532 84 479.1 410.7 68.4
Palos Heights, IL 11,353 105 924.9 863.2 61.7
Flossmoor, IL 9,119 257 2,818.3 2,752.5 65.8

Steger SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
4
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