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Safety in Ridge Farm · Not graded

Ridge Farm goes ungraded: its recorded crime

Ridge Farm’s police department covers under 1,000 people in the FBI’s count, so the page shows its counts, not rates, and there is no Safety Grade. A 25-mile circle around it holds 6 towns with a grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Westville, 10 miles away, graded C+.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Property crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2025
Nearest graded town
10 mi
Westville (C+)
Reported crime, 2025

0 crimes reported in 2025

0
violent crimes reported
0
property crimes reported

In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so we show counts rather than rates.

What gets reported

Every offense type reported in 2025

2025 offenses reported

Larceny / theft0
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
0
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

0 violent and 0 property, as reported to the FBI by Ridge Farm’s police.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
WestvilleC+10 mi2.914.1
CatlinA+12 mi0.31.9
TiltonD14 mi2.832.6
OakwoodC16 mi4.214.4
DanvilleD−17 mi16.049.7
ParisC−19 mi5.214.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Ridge Farm. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ridge Farm.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

No one died in a crash on Ridge Farm’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 Ridge Farm’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ridge Farm’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.

0
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
0.0
per 100,000 a year · Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000: 7.1

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.

Next door

Ridge Farm and its neighbors

Ridge Farm
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Ridge Farm. 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 Ridge Farm’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (744 in 2025); our figure for Ridge Farm is 752 (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 Ridge Farm

Is Ridge Farm, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Ridge Farm. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Westville (C+, 10 mi), Catlin (A+, 12 mi), Tilton (D, 14 mi).

Who polices Ridge Farm?

Ridge Farm’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ridge Farm”. 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.