Photo: G LeTourneau · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Villa Park records about as much crime as the typical place among U.S. towns
Its letter overall is B− (#207 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Still, typical years here bring 1.6 violent crimes plus 12.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.1 plus 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 Villa Park
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Villa Park’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Elmhurst (A−), Addison (B), Lombard (B−). Oakbrook Terrace reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Addison Township and York 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 Villa 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 Villa Park’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.9) 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 | Villa Park | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Villa Park’s police reported 106 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 Villa 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 | Villa Park property | Rest of Illinois property | Villa Park violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.8 | 20.5 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 11.7 | 19.6 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 11.3 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 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.
278 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.
30 violent and 248 property, as reported to the FBI by Villa Park’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Villa Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Villa Park had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Villa Park’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Villa Park’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Villa Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Park | B− | 1.6 | 12.9 |
| Elmhurst | A− | 0.4 | 8.2 |
| Lombard | B− | 1.1 | 15.7 |
| Addison | B | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| Oakbrook Terrace | — | — | — |
| Addison Township | — | — | — |
| York Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oakbrook Terrace reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Addison Township and York Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Park | B− | 1.6 | 12.9 |
| Darien | A− | 0.4 | 8.4 |
| Montgomery | B | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| East Peoria | C− | 2.9 | 26.3 |
| Blue Island | C− | 3.9 | 25.8 |
| Carbondale | D− | 9.2 | 31.4 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Villa Park’s population (21,888), 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 Villa 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 Villa Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,974 in 2025); our figure for Villa Park is 21,888 (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 Villa Park
Is Villa Park, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Villa Park reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #207 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.6 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 Villa Park?
1.6 violent and 12.9 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 Villa Park safer than Elmhurst?
Elmhurst reports less crime per resident than Villa Park: Elmhurst grades A− for safety and Villa Park B−. Elmhurst’s police reported 0.4 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Villa Park?
Villa Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Villa 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.