South Holland, IL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 4% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, South Holland, IL shows violent crime at 336.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,114.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 4% 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
336.8/100K violent
2114.7/100K property
-4% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for South Holland, IL
Comparable rate records
South Holland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to South Holland's 336.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Murphysboro (332.2), Farmer City (331.9), Westville (331.2), Country Club Hills (329.4). 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
South Holland reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 336.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, South Holland ranks 72 of 506 — above 434 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +237.9% 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 278.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 336.8 in 2024 (+21.1%). The highest observed value was 457.2 in 2023 and the lowest 278.1 in 2020. 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 58.3% of reported property offenses in South Holland, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (61) and motor vehicle theft (117). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate South Holland'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.
South Holland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.2 Census sq mi, South Holland logged 59 property and 9.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
South Holland leans on larceny-theft at 50% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,317.
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.2 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
-26.3%
457.2 → 336.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10%
2349.8 → 2114.7/100K
Property offenses lead South Holland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IL
vs US avg
Property Crime
427
2114.7
1664.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
249
1233.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
117
579.4
-
-
Burglary
61
302.1
-
-
Arson
2
9.9
-
-
Violent Crime
68
336.8
277.5
352
Aggravated Assault
36
178.3
-
-
Robbery
22
109
-
-
Rape
8
39.6
-
-
Murder
2
9.9
-
-
South Holland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
South Holland property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
South Holland: 337 violent, 2115 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Libertyville: 84 violent, 533 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Crest Hill: 180 violent, 909 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Park Forest: 283 violent, 1508 property per 100,000 (grade C)
East Moline: 315 violent, 2355 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Mokena: 101 violent, 720 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Lake Zurich: 61 violent, 1211 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Lake Forest: 21 violent, 625 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Geneva: 62 violent, 522 property per 100,000 (grade A)
South Holland Police Department
Reporting agency for South Holland NIBRS-participating
South Holland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind South Holland's 495 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 South Holland in population. Their populations run from 19,357 to 21,056, against 20,192 here. Or use our
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South Holland at 336.8/100K violent and 2,114.7/100K property - matched below outside Illinois (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, South Holland reported 68 violent crimes and 427 property crimes, for a total of 495 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in South Holland?
From 2023 to 2024, South Holland's violent crime rate decreased by 26.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10%.
What is the most common crime in South Holland?
The most common crime type in South Holland is larceny-theft, accounting for 50.3% of all reported crimes (249 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: South Holland 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 South Holland, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.