Reported crime per resident in Countryside fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Countryside grades C for safety (#270 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Countryside
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Countryside’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Burr Ridge (A−), La Grange (B), Hodgkins (D−). Indian Head Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Countryside has 6,110 jobs based in town for 6,260 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 Countryside’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Countryside’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Countryside property | Rest of Illinois property | Countryside violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.1 | 20.5 | 1.1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 28.3 | 19.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 24.6 | 19.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Countryside’s police reported 26 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Countryside | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 17 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
114 crimes reported in 2025
6 violent and 108 property, as reported to the FBI by Countryside’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Six people died in crashes on Countryside’s roads in 2019–2023
Countryside had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. Most of these deaths (3 of 6) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Countryside’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Countryside’s own rate (19.1) 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.
Countryside and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside | C | 1.4 | 23.4 |
| Hodgkins | D− | 1.6 | 122.4 |
| La Grange | B | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Indian Head Park | — | — | — |
| Burr Ridge | A− | 0.6 | 7.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Indian Head Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside | C | 1.4 | 23.4 |
| Braidwood | A− | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| Geneseo | B+ | 0.7 | 7.9 |
| Hillsboro | B+ | 1.4 | 6.8 |
| Lakemoor | B | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| Chillicothe | C+ | 2.0 | 14.1 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Countryside’s population (6,260), by grade.
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 Countryside. 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 Countryside’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,207 in 2025); our figure for Countryside is 6,260 (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 Countryside
Is Countryside, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Countryside reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #270 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.4 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 Countryside?
1.4 violent and 23.4 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 crime going up or down in Countryside?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Countryside safer than Hodgkins?
Hodgkins reports more crime per resident than Countryside: Hodgkins grades D− for safety and Countryside C. Hodgkins’s police reported 1.6 violent and 122.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Countryside?
Countryside’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Countryside”. 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.