Photo: Crosbiesmith · CC BY-SA 4.0Violent crime per resident is lower in Hickory Hills than in 77% of U.S. towns
Weighing it all, Hickory Hills earns B+ for safety (#158 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), with less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 0.7 violent crime and 9.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Illinois, the figures are 3.1 and 18.8. The rate the grade counts dropped 32% 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 Hickory Hills
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Hickory Hills’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Palos Hills (A−). Bridgeview has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Justice reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hickory Hills’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 53% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Hickory Hills’ 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hickory Hills property | Rest of Illinois property | Hickory Hills violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.7 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 19.9 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 7.6 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hickory Hills | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hickory Hills’ police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Hickory Hills 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.
111 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.
4 violent and 107 property, as reported to the FBI by Hickory Hills’ police.
Five people died in crashes on Hickory Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Hickory Hills had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Hickory Hills’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hickory Hills’s own rate (6.9) 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.
Hickory Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hills | B+ | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| Palos Hills | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Bridgeview | — | — | — |
| Justice | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bridgeview has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Justice reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Hills | B+ | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| Wauconda | A+ | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Swansea | B+ | 0.7 | 8.3 |
| Wood Dale | B | 0.9 | 9.6 |
| Glen Carbon | B | 0.7 | 12.5 |
| Chicago Ridge | C | 2.2 | 17.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hickory Hills’ population (14,101), 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 Hickory Hills. 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 Hickory Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,035 in 2025); our figure for Hickory Hills is 14,101 (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 Hickory Hills
Is Hickory Hills, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hickory Hills reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #158 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.7 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 Hickory Hills?
0.7 violent and 9.5 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 Hickory Hills safer than Palos Hills?
Palos Hills reports less crime per resident than Hickory Hills: Palos Hills grades A− for safety and Hickory Hills B+. Palos Hills’s police reported 0.5 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hickory Hills?
Hickory Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hickory Hills”. 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.