Richton Park, IL carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 7% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Richton Park, IL shows violent crime at 328.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,108.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
328.2/100K violent
2108.8/100K property
-7% vs U.S.
The verdict
Richton Park earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 7% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-7%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
27th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,108.8
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Richton Park, IL
Comparable rate records
Richton Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Richton Park's 328.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Normal (329.1), Country Club Hills (329.4), Westville (331.2), Farmer City (331.9). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Richton Park reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 328.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Richton Park ranks 78 of 506 — above 428 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +229.3% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 294.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 328.2 in 2024 (+11.5%). The highest observed value was 328.2 in 2024 and the lowest 114.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.3% of reported property offenses in Richton Park, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (33) and motor vehicle theft (64). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Richton 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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+34.5%
244 → 328.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+5.8%
1992.5 → 2108.8/100K
Property offenses lead Richton Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IL
vs US avg
Property Crime
257
2108.8
1664.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
160
1312.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
64
525.1
-
-
Burglary
33
270.8
-
-
Arson
3
24.6
-
-
Violent Crime
40
328.2
277.5
352
Aggravated Assault
21
172.3
-
-
Robbery
11
90.3
-
-
Rape
7
57.4
-
-
Murder
1
8.2
-
-
Richton Park 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.
Richton Park property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,108.8/100K↑5.8%vs 2023
Richton Park violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
328.2/100K↑34.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
13,250
294.3
981.1
169
2021
Insufficient reporting
13,085
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
12,259
114.2
799.4
112
2023
Comparable
12,296
244
1992.5
275
2024
Comparable
12,187
328.2
2108.8
297
How Richton Park sits among IL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Richton Park Police Department NIBRS-participating
Richton Park's crime figures on this page originate from Richton Park 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 Richton Park in population. Their populations run from 11,748 to 12,588, against 12,187 here. Or use our
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These Illinois cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Richton Park's 328.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Richton Park has a violent crime rate of 328.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2108.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Richton Park, IL safe? ▼
Richton Park receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 49/100. The violent crime rate is 7% below the national average and 18% above the Illinois average.
What is the population of Richton Park, IL? ▼
The reporting population for Richton Park is 12,187 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Richton Park? ▼
In 2024, Richton Park reported 40 violent crimes and 257 property crimes, for a total of 297 reported offenses.
How do Richton Park's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Richton Park recorded about one reported offense per 41 residents and one reported violent offense per 305 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Richton Park? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Richton Park's violent crime rate increased by 34.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 5.8%.
What is the most common crime in Richton Park? ▼
The most common crime type in Richton Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 53.9% of all reported crimes (160 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Richton 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 Richton Park, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.