Photo: Cresthilladmin · CC BY-SA 3.0Less property crime is recorded per resident in Crest Hill than in 62% of U.S. towns
Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. Weighing it all, Crest Hill earns B for safety (#186 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 1.7 violent crimes and 8.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Illinois they are 3.1 and 18.8. Add to that, the crimes the grade counts fell 26% per resident 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 Crest Hill
Crest Hill reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Crest Hill’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Romeoville (B), Joliet (C). Sunnyland and Crystal Lawns are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Crest Hill’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 59% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Crest Hill’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Crest Hill’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Crest Hill property | Rest of Illinois property | Crest Hill violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.6 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 19.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 9.1 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Crest Hill | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Crest Hill’s police reported 103 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 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 Crest Hill 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
163 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.
28 violent and 135 property, as reported to the FBI by Crest Hill’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Crest Hill’s roads in 2019–2023
Crest Hill had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Crest Hill’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Crest Hill’s own rate (7.8) 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.
Crest Hill and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Hill | B | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| Joliet | C | 3.7 | 11.3 |
| Sunnyland | — | — | — |
| Crystal Lawns | — | — | — |
| Romeoville | B | 1.4 | 9.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sunnyland and Crystal Lawns are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Hill | B | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| Libertyville | A− | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| Geneva | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Park Forest | C+ | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| East Moline | C− | 2.6 | 21.9 |
| South Holland | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Crest Hill’s population (20,695), 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 Crest Hill. 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 Crest Hill’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,175 in 2025); our figure for Crest Hill is 20,695 (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 Crest Hill
Is Crest Hill, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Crest Hill reports less crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #186 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.7 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 Crest Hill?
1.7 violent and 8.2 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 Crest Hill safer than Joliet?
Joliet reports more crime per resident than Crest Hill: Joliet grades C for safety and Crest Hill B. Joliet’s police reported 3.7 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Crest Hill?
Crest Hill’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Crest Hill”. 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.