Photo: Andy McMurray · CC BY 2.5Bull Valley has less crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Graded on crimes Bull Valley’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A+ for safety. Zero violent crimes and zero property crime appear in the figures for these years.
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 Bull Valley
Bull Valley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Bull Valley’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Wonder Lake (A), McHenry (A−), Woodstock (A−). McHenry Township and Greenwood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bull Valley’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
For every 1,000 residents, no property crimes reported
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 no violent crimes, 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 | Bull Valley property | Rest of Illinois property | Bull Valley violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 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.
0 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.
0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Bull Valley’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bull Valley | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bull Valley’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Three people died in crashes on Bull Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Bull Valley had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is more than is typical for Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bull Valley’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bull Valley’s own rate (47.3) 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.
Bull Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Valley | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wonder Lake | A | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Woodstock | A− | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| McHenry | A− | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| McHenry Township | — | — | — |
| Greenwood Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. McHenry Township and Greenwood Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Valley | A+ | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Albers | A+ | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Assumption | A+ | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Kingston | A | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Minier | C+ | 2.4 | 11.5 |
| St. Anne | C+ | 3.3 | 12.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Bull Valley’s population (1,131), 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 Bull Valley. 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 Bull Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,136 in 2025); our figure for Bull Valley is 1,131 (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 Bull Valley
Is Bull Valley, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bull Valley reports less crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade. Its police reported 0.0 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 Bull Valley?
0.0 violent and 0.0 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 Bull Valley safer than Wonder Lake?
Wonder Lake reports more crime per resident than Bull Valley: Wonder Lake grades A for safety and Bull Valley A+. Wonder Lake’s police reported 0.3 violent and 4.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bull Valley?
Bull Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bull Valley”. 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.