Photo: jdkscoop · CC BY-SA 3.0Hodgkins reports more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
On crimes reported to the FBI by Hodgkins’ police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety.
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 Hodgkins
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Hodgkins’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Willow Springs (A), Countryside (C). Justice reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Hodgkins has 12,540 jobs based in town for 1,480 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hodgkins’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Hodgkins’ grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Hodgkins’ police reported 7 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 | Hodgkins | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 134 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Hodgkins property | Rest of Illinois property | Hodgkins violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 116.4 | 20.5 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 103.0 | 19.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 130.1 | 19.8 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 134.0 | 17.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
200 crimes reported in 2025
1 violent and 199 property, as reported to the FBI by Hodgkins’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Hodgkins’s roads in 2019–2023
Hodgkins had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died. Most of these deaths (2 of 2) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is about what 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 Hodgkins’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hodgkins’s own rate (25.0) 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.
Hodgkins and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgkins | D− | 1.6 | 122.4 |
| Countryside | C | 1.4 | 23.4 |
| Willow Springs | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Justice | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Justice reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodgkins | D− | 1.6 | 122.4 |
| Mount Pulaski | A+ | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Maple Park | A+ | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Lanark | A+ | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| Manito | A | 0.2 | 4.3 |
| North Pekin | C− | 2.8 | 21.2 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hodgkins’ population (1,480), 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 Hodgkins. 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 Hodgkins’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,485 in 2025); our figure for Hodgkins is 1,480 (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 Hodgkins
Is Hodgkins, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hodgkins reports more crime per resident than 100% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.6 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 Hodgkins?
1.6 violent and 122.4 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 crime going up or down in Hodgkins?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Hodgkins safer than Countryside?
Countryside reports less crime per resident than Hodgkins: Countryside grades C for safety and Hodgkins D−. Countryside’s police reported 1.4 violent and 23.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hodgkins?
Hodgkins’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hodgkins”. 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.