Franklin Park, IL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 50% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Franklin Park, IL shows violent crime at 175.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,401.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% 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
175.2/100K violent
1401.2/100K property
-50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Franklin Park, IL
Comparable rate records
Franklin Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Franklin Park's 175.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Manteno (174.4), Shiloh (173.9), Minier (177.3), North Chicago (178.1). 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 45.6% of reported property offenses in Franklin Park, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (96) and motor vehicle theft (39). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 233.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 175.2 in 2024 (-25.0%). The highest observed value was 233.6 in 2020 and the lowest 139.7 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Franklin Park sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 175.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Franklin Park ranks 171 of 506 — above 335 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +75.7% 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 Franklin Park'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.
Franklin Park's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.8 Census sq mi, Franklin Park logged 51.9 property and 6.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Franklin Park leans on larceny-theft at 41% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,065.
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.8 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
+25.4%
139.7 → 175.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+14.5%
1224.1 → 1401.2/100K
Property offenses lead Franklin Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
248
1401.2
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
113
638.5
-
-
Burglary
96
542.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
39
220.4
-
-
Arson
1
5.7
-
-
Violent Crime
31
175.2
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
15
84.8
-
-
Rape
8
45.2
-
-
Robbery
8
45.2
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Franklin Park Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Franklin Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Franklin Park Police Department
Reporting agency for Franklin Park NIBRS-participating
Franklin Park Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Franklin Park's 279 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Franklin Park in population. Their populations run from 17,272 to 18,035, against 17,699 here. Or use our
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Franklin Park at 175.2/100K violent and 1,401.2/100K property - matched below outside Illinois (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Franklin Park reported 31 violent crimes and 248 property crimes, for a total of 279 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Franklin Park?
From 2023 to 2024, Franklin Park's violent crime rate increased by 25.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 14.5%.
What is the most common crime in Franklin Park?
The most common crime type in Franklin Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 40.5% of all reported crimes (113 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Franklin Park 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 Franklin Park, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.