Downers Grove, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 68% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Downers Grove, IL shows violent crime at 113 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 871.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 68% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
113/100K violent
871.5/100K property
-68% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Downers Grove, IL
Comparable rate records
Downers Grove's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Downers Grove's 113.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Fulton (113.0), Aledo (112.6), Christopher (114.4), Carpentersville (111.3). 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 higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 95.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 113.0 in 2024 (+18.0%). The highest observed value was 113.0 in 2024 and the lowest 2.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Downers Grove sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 113.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Downers Grove ranks 237 of 506 — above 269 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +13.4% 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.
Property counts dominate Downers Grove'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.
Downers Grove's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 14.7 Census sq mi, Downers Grove logged 29.5 property and 3.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Downers Grove's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 488 offenses; mix index 4,659).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (14.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+17.7%
96 → 113/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.3%
892.3 → 871.5/100K
Property offenses lead Downers Grove's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
432
871.5
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
321
647.6
-
-
Burglary
67
135.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
44
88.8
-
-
Arson
8
16.1
-
-
Violent Crime
56
113
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
33
66.6
-
-
Rape
18
36.3
-
-
Robbery
4
8.1
-
-
Murder
1
2
-
-
Downers Grove 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.
Downers Grove property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Downers Grove Police Department
Reporting agency for Downers Grove NIBRS-participating
Downers Grove Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Downers Grove's 488 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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 Downers Grove in population. Their populations run from 46,371 to 53,523, against 49,567 here. Or use our
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Downers Grove at 113/100K violent and 871.5/100K property - matched below outside Illinois (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Downers Grove reported 56 violent crimes and 432 property crimes, for a total of 488 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Downers Grove?
From 2023 to 2024, Downers Grove's violent crime rate increased by 17.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.3%.
What is the most common crime in Downers Grove?
The most common crime type in Downers Grove is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.8% of all reported crimes (321 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Downers Grove 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 Downers Grove, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.