Photo: LincolnLogs · CC BY 4.0Bensenville has less violent crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns
Among its 4 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident. Across all the graded crimes, Bensenville lands on B (#176 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.9 violent crime and 10.2 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IL” is every other Illinois city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bensenville
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Bensenville’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Wood Dale (B), Franklin Park (B−), Elk Grove Village (B−), Chicago (D). Addison Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Bensenville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 48% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 63% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Bensenville has 20,559 jobs based in town for 18,525 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bensenville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bensenville | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bensenville’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bensenville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Bensenville property | Rest of Illinois property | Bensenville violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.8 | 19.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 11.6 | 19.9 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 9.3 | 17.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
181 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
9 violent and 172 property, as reported to the FBI by Bensenville’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Bensenville’s roads in 2019–2023
Bensenville had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bensenville’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bensenville’s own rate (9.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bensenville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensenville | B | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| Wood Dale | B | 0.9 | 9.6 |
| Elk Grove Village | B− | 1.4 | 15.2 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Addison Township | — | — | — |
| Franklin Park | B− | 1.5 | 12.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Addison Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensenville | B | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| Lemont | A− | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Round Lake | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Shorewood | A− | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| Ottawa | C+ | 2.4 | 14.0 |
| Alsip | C− | 3.0 | 29.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Bensenville’s population (18,525), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bensenville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bensenville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,594 in 2025); our figure for Bensenville is 18,525 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bensenville
Is Bensenville, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bensenville reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #176 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bensenville?
0.9 violent and 10.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Bensenville safer than Wood Dale?
Wood Dale reports less crime per resident than Bensenville: Wood Dale grades B for safety and Bensenville B. Wood Dale’s police reported 0.9 violent and 9.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bensenville?
Bensenville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bensenville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.