Photo: Dennisyerger84 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, South Holland records more property crime than 79% of U.S. towns
Next door, 2 of 5 towns with figures record less crime per resident. What’s more, the rate the grade counts dropped 32% from 2023 to 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crimes South Holland’s police reported put it at C− for safety: #286 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. Police counts work out at 3.2 violent crimes and 20.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Illinois they are 3.1 and 18.8.
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 South Holland
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Illinois towns on South Holland’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Phoenix (B−), Thornton (C), Lansing (C−), East Hazel Crest (D), Harvey (D). Calumet City and Dolton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A college town
South Holland is home to South Suburban College, with 3,085 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 5% 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 South Holland’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 (3.2) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Holland property | Rest of Illinois property | South Holland violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 23.2 | 19.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 21.1 | 19.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 1.6 | 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 South Holland 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 2 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 | South Holland | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Holland’s police reported 194 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
391 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.
34 violent and 357 property, as reported to the FBI by South Holland’s police.
14 people died in crashes on South Holland’s roads in 2019–2023
South Holland had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 14 people died. Most of these deaths (9 of 14) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 13.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 towns).
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.
South Holland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Harvey | D | 9.0 | 23.1 |
| Thornton | C | 2.1 | 20.5 |
| Calumet City | — | — | — |
| Dolton | — | — | — |
| Lansing | C− | 3.6 | 19.7 |
| East Hazel Crest | D | 1.4 | 40.5 |
| Phoenix | B− | 1.0 | 16.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Calumet City and Dolton have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland | C− | 3.2 | 20.5 |
| Libertyville | A− | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| Geneva | B+ | 0.9 | 7.2 |
| Crest Hill | B | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| Park Forest | C+ | 2.9 | 13.6 |
| East Moline | C− | 2.6 | 21.9 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to South Holland’s population (20,749), 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 South Holland. 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 South Holland’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (20,625 in 2025); our figure for South Holland is 20,749 (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 South Holland
Is South Holland, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Holland reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #286 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 3.2 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 South Holland?
3.2 violent and 20.5 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.
Is South Holland safer than Harvey?
Harvey reports more crime per resident than South Holland: Harvey grades D for safety and South Holland C−. Harvey’s police reported 9.0 violent and 23.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Holland?
South Holland’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Holland”. 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.