Stickney, IL is among the safest cities in the country, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 96% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Stickney, IL shows violent crime at 14.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 715.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 96% 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
14.9/100K violent
715.2/100K property
-96% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Stickney, IL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Stickney reported 1 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 6,711. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 61.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 14.9 in 2024 (-75.6%). The highest observed value was 92.9 in 2021 and the lowest 14.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Stickney's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Stickney's 14.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Inverness (13.9), Homer Glen (16.3), Northbrook (17.9), Spring Grove (18.1). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Stickney reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities
At 14.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Stickney ranks 410 of 506 — above 96 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -85.2% against the cohort median of 100.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 2.0% of the 49 Part I offenses reported in Stickney for 2024, against a median of 11.3% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 9.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Stickney'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.
Based on 1 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,711. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Stickney's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.9 Census sq mi, Stickney logged 24.9 property and 0.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Stickney's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 49 offenses; mix index 5,210).
Violent offenses are only 2% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.9 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
-49.7%
29.6 → 14.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+24.1%
576.4 → 715.2/100K
Property offenses lead Stickney's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
48
715.2
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
32
476.8
-
-
Burglary
15
223.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
1
14.9
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
1
14.9
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
1
14.9
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Stickney Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Stickney 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
Stickney: 15 violent, 715 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Chester: 45 violent, 268 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Elburn: 45 violent, 539 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Mount Carmel: 135 violent, 464 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Calumet Park: 987 violent, 3523 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Litchfield: 228 violent, 3137 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Clinton: 262 violent, 1862 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Mendota: 131 violent, 377 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Geneseo: 92 violent, 859 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Stickney Police Department
Reporting agency for Stickney NIBRS-participating
Stickney Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Stickney's 49 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 Stickney in population. Their populations run from 6,520 to 6,893, against 6,711 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Stickney reported 1 violent crimes and 48 property crimes, for a total of 49 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Stickney?
From 2023 to 2024, Stickney's violent crime rate decreased by 49.7%, and the property crime rate increased by 24.1%.
What is the most common crime in Stickney?
The most common crime type in Stickney is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.3% of all reported crimes (32 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Stickney is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Stickney, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.