Joshua P. Young House · Photo: Burnhamandroot · Public domainPer resident, Blue Island records more property crime than 86% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 3.9 violent crimes and 25.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Graded on crimes Blue Island’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #306 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 32% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Blue Island
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Blue Island’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Posen (C−), Alsip (C−), Chicago (D), Calumet Park (D). Riverdale reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Robbins, Dixmoor and Calumet Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Blue Island’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Blue Island property | Rest of Illinois property | Blue Island violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 20.5 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 30.0 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 20.7 | 17.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Crime in Blue Island 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Blue Island | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Blue Island’s police reported 253 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
510 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.
61 violent and 449 property, as reported to the FBI by Blue Island’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Blue Island’s roads in 2019–2023
Blue Island had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 5 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Blue Island’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Blue Island’s own rate (8.3) 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.
Blue Island and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Calumet Park | D | 8.0 | 32.8 |
| Alsip | C− | 3.0 | 29.0 |
| Riverdale | — | — | — |
| Robbins | — | — | — |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Dixmoor | — | — | — |
| Calumet Township | — | — | — |
| Posen | C− | 4.6 | 22.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Riverdale reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Robbins, Dixmoor and Calumet Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Darien | A− | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Montgomery | B | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| Villa Park | B− | 1.6 | 12.9 |
| East Peoria | C− | 2.9 | 26.3 |
| Carbondale | D− | 9.2 | 31.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Blue Island’s population (21,805), 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 Blue Island. 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 Blue Island’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,643 in 2025); our figure for Blue Island is 21,805 (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 Blue Island
Is Blue Island, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Blue Island reports more crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #306 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 3.9 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 Blue Island?
3.9 violent and 25.8 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 Blue Island safer than Calumet Park?
Calumet Park reports more crime per resident than Blue Island: Calumet Park grades D for safety and Blue Island C−. Calumet Park’s police reported 8.0 violent and 32.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Blue Island?
Blue Island’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Blue Island”. 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.