Will County Historical Society Headquarters · Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Lockport reports less crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
The crimes the grade counts fell 27% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, on crimes reported by Lockport’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #65 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Behind the grade sit 0.6 violent crime and 5.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. It has less violent crime than 82% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 79%.
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 Lockport
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Illinois towns on Lockport’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Homer Glen (A+). Fairmont is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. 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 Lockport’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 | Lockport | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lockport’s police reported 46 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lockport property | Rest of Illinois property | Lockport violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.0 | 20.6 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 19.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 19.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 17.1 | 0.4 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Crime in Lockport 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.
123 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.
10 violent and 113 property, as reported to the FBI by Lockport’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Lockport’s roads in 2019–2023
Lockport had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lockport’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lockport’s own rate (6.1) 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.
Lockport and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Fairmont | — | — | — |
| Homer Glen | A+ | 0.2 | 2.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairmont is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockport | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Lake in the Hills | A | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| Wilmette | B+ | 0.3 | 10.7 |
| Burbank | C | 2.0 | 18.2 |
| Lansing | C− | 3.6 | 19.7 |
| Danville | D− | 16.0 | 49.7 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Lockport’s population (27,822), 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 Lockport. 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 Lockport’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,110 in 2025); our figure for Lockport is 27,822 (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 Lockport
Is Lockport, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lockport reports less crime per resident than 83% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #65 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.6 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 Lockport?
0.6 violent and 5.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Lockport in 2025?
Lockport’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lockport safer than Homer Glen?
Homer Glen reports less crime per resident than Lockport: Homer Glen grades A+ for safety and Lockport A−. Homer Glen’s police reported 0.2 violent and 2.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lockport?
Lockport’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lockport”. 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.