Romeoville, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Romeoville, IL shows violent crime at 151.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,012 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
151.2/100K violent
1012/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Romeoville, IL
Comparable rate records
Romeoville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Romeoville's 151.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Glenview (151.0), Chillicothe (151.7), Belvidere (150.2), West Dundee (152.2). 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 183.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 151.2 in 2024 (-17.7%). The highest observed value was 183.6 in 2020 and the lowest 62.9 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
Romeoville sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 151.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Romeoville ranks 195 of 506 — above 311 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +51.7% 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 Romeoville'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.
Romeoville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.3 Census sq mi, Romeoville logged 21.5 property and 3.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Romeoville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 477 offenses; mix index 4,165).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.3 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
-11.8%
171.5 → 151.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.6%
1006.4 → 1012/100K
Property offenses lead Romeoville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
415
1012
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
291
709.6
-
-
Burglary
74
180.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
50
121.9
-
-
Arson
2
4.9
-
-
Violent Crime
62
151.2
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
44
107.3
-
-
Rape
10
24.4
-
-
Robbery
8
19.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Romeoville 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.
Romeoville property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Romeoville Police Department
Reporting agency for Romeoville NIBRS-participating
Romeoville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Romeoville's 477 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 Romeoville in population. Their populations run from 38,703 to 43,576, against 41,007 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Romeoville reported 62 violent crimes and 415 property crimes, for a total of 477 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Romeoville?
From 2023 to 2024, Romeoville's violent crime rate decreased by 11.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.6%.
What is the most common crime in Romeoville?
The most common crime type in Romeoville is larceny-theft, accounting for 61.0% of all reported crimes (291 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Romeoville 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 Romeoville, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.