Photo: Crosbiesmith · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Palos Park than in 93% of U.S. towns
None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Graded on crimes Palos Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A for safety: #20 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. There were 4.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 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 Palos Park
Palos Park reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Palos Park’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Lemont (A−), Palos Hills (A−), Palos Heights (B+), Orland Park (B+). Lemont Township and Palos Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Palos Park’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.
Crime in Palos Park 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 no violent crimes, 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 | Palos Park property | Rest of Illinois property | Palos Park violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 4.8 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
23 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.
0 violent and 23 property, as reported to the FBI by Palos Park’s police.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Palos Park | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Palos Park’s police reported 0 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
No one died in a crash on Palos Park’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Palos Park’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Palos Park’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Palos Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos Park | A | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Lemont | A− | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Palos Heights | B+ | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Orland Park | B+ | 0.2 | 10.1 |
| Palos Hills | A− | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| Lemont Township | — | — | — |
| Palos Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lemont Township and Palos Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palos Park | A | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Fox River Grove | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Beecher | A | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| Lebanon | A− | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Marseilles | B+ | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| Fairfield | C− | 3.6 | 19.1 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Palos Park’s population (4,805), 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 Palos Park. 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 Palos Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,794 in 2025); our figure for Palos Park is 4,805 (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 Palos Park
Is Palos Park, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Palos Park reports less crime per resident than 93% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #20 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.0 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 Palos Park?
0.0 violent and 4.6 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 Palos Park safer than Lemont?
Lemont reports more crime per resident than Palos Park: Lemont grades A− for safety and Palos Park A. Lemont’s police reported 0.6 violent and 5.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Palos Park?
Palos Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Palos Park”. 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.