Photo: Jacob G. from Chicago, Illinois, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Calumet Park sees more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Counting crimes Calumet Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #329 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Add to that, in a usual year, 8.0 violent crimes and 32.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Illinois, 3.1 and 18.8.
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 Calumet Park
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Calumet Park’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Blue Island (C−), Chicago (D). Calumet Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Calumet Park’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Calumet Park | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Calumet Park’s police reported 160 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.0 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 Calumet Park 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 7 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 | Calumet Park property | Rest of Illinois property | Calumet Park violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.5 | 20.5 | 9.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 31.5 | 19.5 | 6.9 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 35.2 | 19.8 | 9.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 31.7 | 17.1 | 7.3 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
262 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.
49 violent and 213 property, as reported to the FBI by Calumet Park’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Calumet Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Calumet Park had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 2 were pedestrians. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Calumet Park’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Calumet Park’s own rate (26.3) 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.
Calumet Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet Park | D | 8.0 | 32.8 |
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Calumet Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Calumet Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet Park | D | 8.0 | 32.8 |
| Chester | A | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Mendota | A− | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Stickney | A− | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| Mount Carmel | A− | 1.3 | 3.7 |
| Clinton | C | 3.3 | 18.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Calumet Park’s population (6,772), 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 Calumet Park. 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 Calumet Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,725 in 2025); our figure for Calumet Park is 6,772 (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 Calumet Park
Is Calumet Park, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Calumet Park reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #329 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 8.0 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 Calumet Park?
8.0 violent and 32.8 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 Calumet Park safer than Blue Island?
Blue Island reports less crime per resident than Calumet Park: Blue Island grades C− for safety and Calumet Park D. Blue Island’s police reported 3.9 violent and 25.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Calumet Park?
Calumet Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Calumet Park”. 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.