Photo: Marcusmax · CC BY-SA 3.0Hazel Crest reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Hazel Crest’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #312 of 339 graded towns in 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 Hazel Crest
3 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Hazel Crest’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Flossmoor (C), Homewood (C), Country Club Hills (C−), East Hazel Crest (D), Harvey (D). Markham has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Hazel Crest’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Hazel Crest property | Rest of Illinois property | Hazel Crest violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.2 | 20.5 | 7.3 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 29.9 | 19.5 | 5.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 22.7 | 17.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Hazel Crest’s police reported 179 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Hazel Crest | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
340 crimes reported in 2025
46 violent and 294 property, as reported to the FBI by Hazel Crest’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Hazel Crest’s roads in 2019–2023
Hazel Crest had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 14.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 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.
Hazel Crest and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Crest | D | 4.7 | 26.5 |
| Homewood | C | 1.8 | 23.7 |
| Country Club Hills | C− | 3.8 | 23.8 |
| Markham | — | — | — |
| Harvey | D | 9.0 | 23.1 |
| Flossmoor | C | 0.8 | 25.1 |
| East Hazel Crest | D | 1.4 | 40.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Markham has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Crest | D | 4.7 | 26.5 |
| Minooka | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Plano | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| La Grange Park | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Lincolnwood | C+ | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| Lincoln | C+ | 1.9 | 15.1 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hazel Crest’s population (13,024), by grade.
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 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 Hazel Crest’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,941 in 2025); our figure for Hazel Crest is 13,024 (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 Hazel Crest
Is Hazel Crest, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hazel Crest reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #312 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 4.7 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 Hazel Crest?
4.7 violent and 26.5 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 crime going up or down in Hazel Crest?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Hazel Crest safer than Homewood?
Homewood reports less crime per resident than Hazel Crest: Homewood grades C for safety and 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 Hazel Crest?
Hazel Crest’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “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.