Safest Cities in Illinois (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Illinois with the highest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 14 safest of 29 cities
Not the same cities shown on the most dangerous cities in Illinois list. See the full ranked list →
- 1WheatonA507per 100k0.0homicide
- 2BerwynA543per 100k3.7homicide
- 3Arlington HeightsA798per 100k1.3homicide
- 4NapervilleA634per 100k0.0homicide
- 5Orland ParkA1,004per 100k0.0homicide
- 6Hoffman EstatesA742per 100k0.0homicide
- 7Mount ProspectA850per 100k0.0homicide
- 8Downers GroveA845per 100k2.0homicide
- 9PalatineA787per 100k1.5homicide
- 10Des PlainesA883per 100k0.0homicide
- 11Tinley ParkB1,199per 100k0.0homicide
- 12Oak LawnB1,463per 100k0.0homicide
- 13SchaumburgB1,706per 100k3.9homicide
- 14BolingbrookB879per 100k1.3homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →