Cherry Valley has more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 31% from 2023 to 2025. Violent crime here is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 97%. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crimes Cherry Valley’s police reported over 2023 to 2025: #327 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Police counts work out at 4.0 violent crimes and 44.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Illinois they are 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 Cherry Valley
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Cherry Valley’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Belvidere (B+), Rockford (D−). Cherry Valley Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Cherry Valley has 2,568 jobs based in town for 2,887 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Cherry 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 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 | Cherry Valley property | Rest of Illinois property | Cherry Valley violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50.0 | 20.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 52.1 | 19.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 46.3 | 19.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 35.0 | 17.1 | 3.8 | 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 Cherry Valley 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 4 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 | Cherry Valley | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Cherry Valley’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
112 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.
11 violent and 101 property, as reported to the FBI by Cherry Valley’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Cherry Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Cherry Valley had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 Cherry Valley’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cherry Valley’s own rate (21.3) 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.
Cherry Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley | D | 4.0 | 44.4 |
| Rockford | D− | 10.4 | 25.7 |
| Belvidere | B+ | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| Cherry Valley Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cherry Valley Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Valley | D | 4.0 | 44.4 |
| Heyworth | A− | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| Winnebago | A− | 0.3 | 7.2 |
| Arcola | B+ | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Rushville | B | 1.5 | 9.0 |
| Havana | D | 8.7 | 12.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Cherry Valley’s population (2,887), 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 Cherry 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 Cherry Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,887 in 2025); our figure for Cherry Valley is 2,887 (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 Cherry Valley
Is Cherry Valley, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Cherry Valley reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #327 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 4.0 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 Cherry Valley?
4.0 violent and 44.4 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 Cherry Valley safer than Rockford?
Rockford reports more crime per resident than Cherry Valley: Rockford grades D− for safety and Cherry Valley D. Rockford’s police reported 10.4 violent and 25.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Cherry Valley?
Cherry Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cherry 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.