Crestwood records more property crime per head than 86% of U.S. towns
Of the 2 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Across all the graded crimes, Crestwood lands on C (#279 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, its police logs show 1.4 violent crimes and 25.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Illinois the numbers 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 Crestwood
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Crestwood’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Midlothian (C+), Alsip (C−). Robbins has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Crestwood has 7,906 jobs based in town for 10,529 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Crestwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Crestwood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Crestwood | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Crestwood’s police reported 42 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.
Crime in Crestwood 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Crestwood property | Rest of Illinois property | Crestwood violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.7 | 20.5 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 30.9 | 19.5 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 21.5 | 19.8 | 1.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 24.6 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 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.
273 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.
15 violent and 258 property, as reported to the FBI by Crestwood’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Crestwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Crestwood had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
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 Crestwood’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Crestwood’s own rate (3.8) 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.
Crestwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | C | 1.4 | 25.7 |
| Robbins | — | — | — |
| Midlothian | C+ | 2.0 | 15.2 |
| Alsip | C− | 3.0 | 29.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Robbins has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | C | 1.4 | 25.7 |
| Barrington | A− | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Mahomet | A− | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| River Grove | B− | 1.3 | 13.4 |
| Worth | B− | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| Taylorville | B− | 2.4 | 10.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Crestwood’s population (10,529), 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 Crestwood. 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 Crestwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,473 in 2025); our figure for Crestwood is 10,529 (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 Crestwood
Is Crestwood, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Crestwood reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #279 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 Crestwood?
1.4 violent and 25.7 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 Crestwood safer than Midlothian?
Midlothian reports less crime per resident than Crestwood: Midlothian grades C+ for safety and Crestwood C. Midlothian’s police reported 2.0 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Crestwood?
Crestwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Crestwood”. 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.