Photo: MrHarman · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in North Riverside runs higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. On top of that, on crimes North Riverside’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #326 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Each year brought 1.8 violent crimes and 48.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of 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 North Riverside
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on North Riverside’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Brookfield (A), Riverside (B+), Berwyn (B+), Forest Park (D). Proviso Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Riverside’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. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | North Riverside | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Riverside’s police reported 39 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 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 North Riverside 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | North Riverside property | Rest of Illinois property | North Riverside violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 45.0 | 19.5 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 54.7 | 19.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 45.7 | 17.1 | 1.1 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
333 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.
8 violent and 325 property, as reported to the FBI by North Riverside’s police.
Two people died in crashes on North Riverside’s roads in 2019–2023
North Riverside had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 North Riverside’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Riverside’s own rate (5.5) 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.
North Riverside and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Riverside | D | 1.8 | 48.5 |
| Riverside | B+ | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| Proviso Township | — | — | — |
| Berwyn | B+ | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| Brookfield | A | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| Forest Park | D | 3.8 | 29.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Proviso Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Riverside | D | 1.8 | 48.5 |
| Elburn | A | 0.4 | 5.2 |
| Vandalia | B− | 1.8 | 13.8 |
| Robinson | C | 2.9 | 16.0 |
| University Park | C | 3.4 | 17.1 |
| Salem | C | 3.8 | 15.7 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to North Riverside’s population (7,161), 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 North Riverside. 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 North Riverside’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (7,104 in 2025); our figure for North Riverside is 7,161 (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 North Riverside
Is North Riverside, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Riverside reports more crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #326 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.8 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 North Riverside?
1.8 violent and 48.5 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 North Riverside safer than Riverside?
Riverside reports less crime per resident than North Riverside: Riverside grades B+ for safety and North Riverside D. Riverside’s police reported 0.6 violent and 8.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices North Riverside?
North Riverside’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Riverside”. 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.