Photo: Kelly Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0Park Ridge sees less violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Park Ridge at B+ (#119 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 20% from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.6 violent crime and 7.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident.
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 Park Ridge
Park Ridge reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Illinois towns on Park Ridge’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Des Plaines (B), Niles (C+), Chicago (D), Rosemont (D−). Maine Township, Leyden Township and Norwood Park Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. 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 Park Ridge’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 | Park Ridge | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Park Ridge’s police reported 72 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 | Park Ridge property | Rest of Illinois property | Park Ridge violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.2 | 19.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 8.5 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 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.
Crime in Park Ridge 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.
270 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.
11 violent and 259 property, as reported to the FBI by Park Ridge’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Park Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Park Ridge had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Park Ridge’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Park Ridge’s own rate (4.1) 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.
Park Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge | B+ | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Maine Township | — | — | — |
| Niles | C+ | 0.5 | 19.8 |
| Des Plaines | B | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Leyden Township | — | — | — |
| Norwood Park Township | — | — | — |
| Rosemont | D− | 4.6 | 57.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Maine Township, Leyden Township and Norwood Park Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge | B+ | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Carol Stream | A− | 0.7 | 7.0 |
| Carpentersville | B+ | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| Streamwood | B+ | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| Wheeling | B+ | 0.9 | 8.9 |
| Urbana | D | 4.9 | 25.6 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Park Ridge’s population (38,463), 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 Park Ridge. 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 Park Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (38,187 in 2025); our figure for Park Ridge is 38,463 (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 Park Ridge
Is Park Ridge, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Park Ridge reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #119 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 Park Ridge?
0.6 violent and 7.8 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 Park Ridge in 2025?
Park Ridge’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 Park Ridge safer than Chicago?
Chicago reports more crime per resident than Park Ridge: Chicago grades D for safety and Park Ridge B+. Chicago’s police reported 5.2 violent and 32.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Park Ridge?
Park Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Park Ridge”. 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.