Crest Hill, IL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Crest Hill, IL shows violent crime at 179.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 909.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
179.8/100K violent
909.1/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
The verdict
Crest Hill earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 49% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-49%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
50th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
909.1
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Crest Hill, IL
Comparable rate records
Crest Hill's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Crest Hill's 179.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Oak Lawn (180.2), Watseka (179.5), Bridgeport (179.3), Villa Park (180.8). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 280.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 179.8 in 2024 (-35.9%). The highest observed value was 280.4 in 2020 and the lowest 54.6 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Crest Hill sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 179.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Crest Hill ranks 165 of 506 — above 341 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +80.4% against the cohort median of 99.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.5% of the 218 Part I offenses reported in Crest Hill for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 5.3 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.1% of reported property offenses in Crest Hill, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (52) and motor vehicle theft (17). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Crest Hill's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-14.3%
209.7 → 179.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.6%
933.5 → 909.1/100K
Property offenses lead Crest Hill's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
182
909.1
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
113
564.4
-
-
Burglary
52
259.7
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
84.9
-
-
Arson
3
15
-
-
Violent Crime
36
179.8
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
25
124.9
-
-
Rape
6
30
-
-
Robbery
4
20
-
-
Murder
1
5
-
-
Crest Hill Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Crest Hill property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
909.1/100K↓2.6%vs 2023
Crest Hill violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
179.8/100K↓14.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
20,328
280.4
954.3
251
2021
Insufficient reporting
20,149
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
20,197
267.4
1069.5
270
2023
Comparable
20,032
209.7
933.5
229
2024
Comparable
20,020
179.8
909.1
218
How Crest Hill sits among IL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Crest Hill Police Department NIBRS-participating
Crest Hill's crime figures on this page originate from Crest Hill Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Illinois
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to Crest Hill in population. Their populations run from 19,276 to 20,637, against 20,020 here. Or use our
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These Illinois cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Crest Hill's 179.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Crest Hill has a violent crime rate of 179.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 909.1 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Crest Hill, IL safe? ▼
Crest Hill receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 74/100. The violent crime rate is 49% below the national average and 35% below the Illinois average.
What is the population of Crest Hill, IL? ▼
The reporting population for Crest Hill is 20,020 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Crest Hill? ▼
In 2024, Crest Hill reported 36 violent crimes and 182 property crimes, for a total of 218 reported offenses.
How do Crest Hill's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Crest Hill recorded about one reported offense per 92 residents and one reported violent offense per 556 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Crest Hill? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Crest Hill's violent crime rate decreased by 14.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.6%.
What is the most common crime in Crest Hill? ▼
The most common crime type in Crest Hill is larceny-theft, accounting for 51.8% of all reported crimes (113 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Crest Hill figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Crest Hill, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.