The crimes the grade counts rose 89% per resident in East Hazel Crest from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 58% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 4%. On the record of crimes East Hazel Crest’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety. Even so, typical years here bring 1.4 violent crimes plus 40.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.1 plus 18.8 in the rest of Illinois.
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 East Hazel Crest
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on East Hazel Crest’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Homewood (C), South Holland (C−), Hazel Crest (D), Harvey (D). Neighbors ↓
A job center
East Hazel Crest has 1,471 jobs based in town for 1,250 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 East Hazel Crest’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds East Hazel Crest’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | East Hazel Crest property | Rest of Illinois property | East Hazel Crest violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30.7 | 20.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 33.5 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 24.7 | 19.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 62.7 | 17.1 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | East Hazel Crest | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
East Hazel Crest’s police reported 5 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 East Hazel Crest 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
81 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.
3 violent and 78 property, as reported to the FBI by East Hazel Crest’s police.
Four people died in crashes on East Hazel Crest’s roads in 2019–2023
East Hazel Crest had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 East Hazel Crest’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so East Hazel Crest’s own rate (74.9) 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.
East Hazel Crest and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hazel Crest | D | 1.4 | 40.5 |
| Homewood | C | 1.8 | 23.7 |
| South Holland | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Harvey | D | 9.0 | 23.1 |
| Hazel Crest | D | 4.7 | 26.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hazel Crest | D | 1.4 | 40.5 |
| Tower Lakes | A+ | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Toulon | A+ | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| North Utica | A | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| Bannockburn | B+ | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| Oakwood | C | 4.2 | 14.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to East Hazel Crest’s population (1,250), 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 East Hazel Crest. 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 East Hazel Crest’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,245 in 2025); our figure for East Hazel Crest is 1,250 (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 East Hazel Crest
Is East Hazel Crest, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, East Hazel Crest reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade. 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 East Hazel Crest?
1.4 violent and 40.5 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 East Hazel Crest safer than Homewood?
Homewood reports less crime per resident than East Hazel Crest: Homewood grades C for safety and East Hazel Crest D. Homewood’s police reported 1.8 violent and 23.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices East Hazel Crest?
East Hazel Crest’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “East Hazel Crest”. 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.