For property crime, Richton Park trails 77% of U.S. towns per resident
Its 3 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 2.9 violent crimes and 19.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. By contrast, on crimes Richton Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #279 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
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 Richton Park
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Richton Park’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Frankfort (A−), Park Forest (C+), University Park (C). Matteson and Monee 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 Richton 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) 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.
Crime in Richton 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 about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Richton Park | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Richton Park’s police reported 106 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 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 is steady
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| Year | Richton Park property | Rest of Illinois property | Richton Park violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 3.0 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
263 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.
37 violent and 226 property, as reported to the FBI by Richton Park’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Richton Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Richton Park had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 Richton Park’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Richton Park’s own rate (8.0) 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.
Richton Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richton Park | C | 2.9 | 19.7 |
| Matteson | — | — | — |
| Park Forest | C+ | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| Frankfort | A− | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| University Park | C | 3.4 | 17.1 |
| Monee Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Matteson and Monee Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richton Park | C | 2.9 | 19.7 |
| Pingree Grove | A+ | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| Winnetka | A− | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| Plano | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Northlake | B− | 1.6 | 13.3 |
| Effingham | C | 2.6 | 19.2 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Richton Park’s population (12,483), 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 Richton 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 Richton Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,446 in 2025); our figure for Richton Park is 12,483 (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 Richton Park
Is Richton Park, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Richton Park reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #279 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 2.9 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 Richton Park?
2.9 violent and 19.7 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 Richton Park safer than Park Forest?
Park Forest reports less crime per resident than Richton Park: Park Forest grades C+ for safety and Richton Park C. Park Forest’s police reported 2.9 violent and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Richton Park?
Richton Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Richton 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.