Fitzpatrick House · Photo: Teemu08 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Romeoville is close to typical for U.S. towns
In a usual year, 1.4 violent crimes and 9.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Illinois, 3.1 and 18.8. Its letter overall is B (#186 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. The graded rate fell 20% 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 Romeoville
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Romeoville’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Lemont (A−), Woodridge (A−), Crest Hill (B), Bolingbrook (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Romeoville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 59% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Romeoville is home to Lewis University, with 5,289 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Romeoville’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Romeoville | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Romeoville’s police reported 172 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 | Romeoville property | Rest of Illinois property | Romeoville violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.5 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 10.1 | 19.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 8.2 | 17.1 | 1.1 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Crime in Romeoville 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.
385 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.
46 violent and 339 property, as reported to the FBI by Romeoville’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Romeoville’s roads in 2019–2023
Romeoville had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
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 Romeoville’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Romeoville’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Romeoville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romeoville | B | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| Bolingbrook | B | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| Woodridge | A− | 0.5 | 7.2 |
| Crest Hill | B | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| Lemont | A− | 0.6 | 5.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romeoville | B | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| Bartlett | A | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Crystal Lake | B | 1.0 | 10.8 |
| Belleville | C− | 4.8 | 17.2 |
| DeKalb | C− | 3.6 | 24.0 |
| Moline | D | 4.1 | 31.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Romeoville’s population (41,281), 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 Romeoville. 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 Romeoville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (41,271 in 2025); our figure for Romeoville is 41,281 (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 Romeoville
Is Romeoville, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Romeoville reports less crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #186 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.4 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 Romeoville?
1.4 violent and 9.5 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.
How many homicides were there in Romeoville in 2025?
Romeoville’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 Romeoville safer than Bolingbrook?
Bolingbrook reports more crime per resident than Romeoville: Bolingbrook grades B for safety and Romeoville B. Bolingbrook’s police reported 2.1 violent and 7.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Romeoville?
Romeoville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Romeoville”. 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.