Photo: Zarka Khalid · CC BY-SA 4.0On violent crime, Frankfort has a lower rate per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
Overall, Frankfort grades A− for safety (#71 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Add to that, recorded violent crime ran at 0.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 6.4, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. The crimes the grade counts held steady 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 Frankfort
Frankfort reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Frankfort’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Mokena (A−), Tinley Park (B), Richton Park (C). Frankfort Square is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Frankfort Township, Green Garden Township, Manhattan Township and New Lenox Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Frankfort’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Frankfort | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Frankfort’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.3 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 Frankfort 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
How crime in Frankfort has moved
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| Year | Frankfort property | Rest of Illinois property | Frankfort violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.0 | 20.6 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 19.6 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 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.
137 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.
7 violent and 130 property, as reported to the FBI by Frankfort’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Frankfort’s roads in 2019–2023
Frankfort had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Frankfort’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Frankfort’s own rate (3.9) 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.
Frankfort and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | A− | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| Frankfort Square | — | — | — |
| Tinley Park | B | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Richton Park | C | 2.9 | 19.7 |
| Mokena | A− | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Frankfort Township | — | — | — |
| Green Garden Township | — | — | — |
| Manhattan Township | — | — | — |
| New Lenox Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Frankfort Square is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Frankfort Township, Green Garden Township, Manhattan Township and New Lenox Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | A− | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| Grayslake | A− | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Geneva | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Park Forest | C+ | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Carbondale | D− | 9.2 | 31.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Frankfort’s population (21,365), 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 Frankfort. 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 Frankfort’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,378 in 2025); our figure for Frankfort is 21,365 (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 Frankfort
Is Frankfort, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Frankfort reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #71 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.3 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 Frankfort?
0.3 violent and 6.4 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 Frankfort safer than Tinley Park?
Tinley Park reports more crime per resident than Frankfort: Tinley Park grades B for safety and Frankfort A−. Tinley Park’s police reported 1.0 violent and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Frankfort?
Frankfort’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Frankfort”. 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.