Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0For violent crime, Tinley Park beats 67% of U.S. towns per resident
Tinley Park grades B for safety overall (#191 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.0 violent crime and 11.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. By contrast, its 3 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. 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 Tinley Park
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Tinley Park’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Frankfort (A−), Mokena (A−), Orland Park (B+). Frankfort Square is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Rich Township and Bremen Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Tinley Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 44% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 57% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Tinley Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Tinley Park’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Tinley Park | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Tinley Park’s police reported 165 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Tinley 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Tinley Park property | Rest of Illinois property | Tinley Park violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 20.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 19.6 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 12.4 | 19.9 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 17.1 | 0.9 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
649 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.
51 violent and 598 property, as reported to the FBI by Tinley Park’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Tinley Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Tinley Park had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 4.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 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.
Tinley Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinley Park | B | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Orland Park | B+ | 0.2 | 10.1 |
| Mokena | A− | 0.7 | 6.7 |
| Frankfort | A− | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| Frankfort Square | — | — | — |
| Rich Township | — | — | — |
| Bremen Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Frankfort Square is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Rich Township and Bremen Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tinley Park | B | 1.0 | 11.6 |
| Wheaton | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Berwyn | B+ | 1.0 | 7.8 |
| Mount Prospect | B+ | 0.8 | 8.9 |
| Oak Lawn | B− | 1.3 | 15.6 |
| Normal | C | 3.0 | 16.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Tinley Park’s population (55,140), 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 Tinley Park. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Tinley Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (54,618 in 2025); our figure for Tinley Park is 55,140 (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 Tinley Park
Is Tinley Park, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tinley Park reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #191 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.0 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 Tinley Park?
1.0 violent and 11.6 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 Tinley Park in 2025?
Tinley Park’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 Tinley Park safer than Orland Park?
Orland Park reports less crime per resident than Tinley Park: Orland Park grades B+ for safety and Tinley Park B. Orland Park’s police reported 0.2 violent and 10.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Tinley Park?
Tinley Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tinley 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.