Crime recorded in Ford Heights, and why it isn’t graded
The closest graded town is Sauk Village, 2 miles away, at C. Ford Heights has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 21 towns with grades of their own.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Village | C | 2 mi | 3.8 | 13.5 |
| Glenwood | C | 3 mi | 2.7 | 16.1 |
| Chicago Heights | D− | 3 mi | 12.6 | 29.2 |
| Steger | C | 3 mi | 3.0 | 18.2 |
| South Chicago Heights | C− | 3 mi | 3.4 | 26.6 |
| Lansing | C− | 4 mi | 3.6 | 19.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Ford Heights. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ford Heights.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Ford Heights’s roads in 2019–2023
Ford Heights had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 150.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000 people (7.1, 272 towns).
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.
Ford Heights and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Village | C | 3.8 | 13.5 |
| Lynwood | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lynwood has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Ford Heights
Is Ford Heights, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Ford Heights. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Sauk Village (C, 2 mi), Glenwood (C, 3 mi), Chicago Heights (D−, 3 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Ford Heights.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.