Safest Cities in Illinois.

Cities in Illinois with the lowest violent crime rates, from each city's own police department.

172 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Violent crime	Median Income
1	Lake Forest	19,416	20 per 100k	$235,081
2	Northbrook	34,585	20 per 100k	$157,782
3	Deerfield	19,518	21 per 100k	$181,660
4	Western Springs	13,446	22 per 100k	$230,255
5	Buffalo Grove	42,891	28 per 100k	$129,395
6	Homer Glen	24,529	32 per 100k	$136,678
7	Justice	12,324	33 per 100k	$57,170
8	Wilmette	27,503	33 per 100k	$190,662
9	Frankfort	20,651	37 per 100k	$154,375
10	Glen Ellyn	28,390	38 per 100k	$140,938
11	Hinsdale	17,175	40 per 100k	$250,000+
12	Lockport	26,409	41 per 100k	$111,981
13	Edwardsville	26,474	41 per 100k	$86,721
14	Morton Grove	24,619	41 per 100k	$111,116
15	Bartlett	40,501	42 per 100k	$133,240
16	Arlington Heights	76,005	43 per 100k	$116,723
17	Wauconda	14,027	43 per 100k	$111,239
18	Manhattan	11,026	45 per 100k	$128,522
19	Woodstock	26,147	46 per 100k	$82,758
20	Minooka	12,891	46 per 100k	$115,445
21	Lisle	23,407	47 per 100k	$107,479
22	Algonquin	30,067	49 per 100k	$134,525
23	Palos Heights	12,152	50 per 100k	$108,740
24	Pingree Grove	10,914	51 per 100k	$114,294
25	Lemont	17,820	55 per 100k	$123,370
26	Lindenhurst	14,417	55 per 100k	$131,474
27	Highland Park	30,398	55 per 100k	$168,094
28	Mokena	20,021	55 per 100k	$123,889
29	Mount Prospect	55,472	56 per 100k	$101,720
30	Libertyville	20,525	58 per 100k	$165,667
31	Carol Stream	39,460	58 per 100k	$102,309
32	New Lenox	28,006	59 per 100k	$140,865
33	Shorewood	18,343	59 per 100k	$122,105
34	La Grange Park	13,447	60 per 100k	$120,408
35	Channahon	13,927	62 per 100k	$119,494
36	Burr Ridge	11,141	62 per 100k	—
37	Wood Dale	13,933	64 per 100k	$91,382
38	Schaumburg	76,868	68 per 100k	$97,514
39	Swansea	14,710	69 per 100k	$91,587
40	Westmont	23,724	70 per 100k	$88,090
41	Lake Zurich	19,832	70 per 100k	$135,968
42	Naperville	150,692	70 per 100k	$155,105
43	Vernon Hills	26,876	70 per 100k	$121,943
44	Oswego	36,375	70 per 100k	$123,792
45	Bloomingdale	22,457	72 per 100k	$102,928
46	Rolling Meadows	24,027	72 per 100k	$98,514
47	Plainfield	46,708	72 per 100k	$144,000
48	Mundelein	31,915	73 per 100k	$108,340
49	Hoffman Estates	51,175	75 per 100k	$106,806
50	Batavia	27,151	75 per 100k	$120,056
51	Barrington	11,077	76 per 100k	$147,989
52	La Grange	15,998	76 per 100k	$159,929
53	Lake in the Hills	28,800	77 per 100k	$117,151
54	Downers Grove	50,054	79 per 100k	$115,114
55	Roselle	22,752	81 per 100k	$111,318
56	Lombard	43,619	81 per 100k	$100,362
57	Warrenville	14,718	83 per 100k	$100,321
58	Yorkville	23,617	85 per 100k	$108,513
59	Round Lake Beach	27,079	85 per 100k	$86,059
60	Palatine	66,293	85 per 100k	$97,819
61	Round Lake	18,628	86 per 100k	$111,977
62	Hickory Hills	14,526	88 per 100k	$77,262
63	Washington	15,919	89 per 100k	$95,179
64	Highland	10,262	90 per 100k	$82,551
65	Glenview	47,752	91 per 100k	$143,056
66	Tinley Park	54,842	93 per 100k	$105,189
67	St. Charles	32,854	95 per 100k	$114,300
68	Morton	16,595	96 per 100k	$94,402
69	Wheeling	38,433	97 per 100k	$85,205
70	Hanover Park	36,732	99 per 100k	$91,763
71	Shiloh	14,572	101 per 100k	$99,573
72	River Forest	11,992	101 per 100k	$146,786
73	Streamwood	39,001	102 per 100k	$101,218
74	Glendale Heights	32,808	104 per 100k	$86,545
75	River Grove	10,451	106 per 100k	$69,858
76	Elk Grove Village	31,987	108 per 100k	$94,175
77	Des Plaines	59,156	108 per 100k	$97,875
78	Romeoville	41,152	112 per 100k	$106,325
79	Crystal Lake	40,579	115 per 100k	$108,418
80	Evanston	76,340	115 per 100k	$96,434
81	Glen Carbon	13,977	115 per 100k	$97,168
82	Dixon	14,910	119 per 100k	$59,406
83	Gurnee	30,510	121 per 100k	$119,628
84	Norridge	15,439	122 per 100k	$87,807
85	South Elgin	24,217	123 per 100k	$127,203
86	Lincolnwood	13,112	123 per 100k	$109,731
87	Franklin Park	18,197	133 per 100k	$76,519
88	Addison	35,489	137 per 100k	$90,431
89	Geneva	21,258	137 per 100k	$144,341
90	Belvidere	24,752	138 per 100k	$64,528
91	Crest Hill	20,628	139 per 100k	$73,033
92	O'Fallon	32,262	140 per 100k	$105,982
93	Villa Park	22,345	141 per 100k	$95,015
94	North Aurora	18,696	143 per 100k	$114,305
95	Crestwood	10,579	143 per 100k	$75,752
96	West Chicago	25,395	145 per 100k	$99,927
97	Northlake	12,513	146 per 100k	$83,892
98	Morris	14,898	150 per 100k	$76,711
99	Skokie	66,219	151 per 100k	$95,337
100	Montgomery	21,515	152 per 100k	$103,734
101	Homewood	19,294	156 per 100k	$100,139
102	Machesney Park	22,630	158 per 100k	$75,489
103	Burbank	28,739	158 per 100k	$80,116
104	Berwyn	55,595	161 per 100k	$78,408
105	Bourbonnais	18,078	166 per 100k	$81,708
106	Carpentersville	37,346	179 per 100k	$86,917
107	Chicago Ridge	14,099	186 per 100k	$68,964
108	Chatham	14,639	191 per 100k	$106,773
109	Taylorville	10,646	196 per 100k	$57,552
110	Jacksonville	18,014	198 per 100k	$65,432
111	North Chicago	30,643	203 per 100k	$60,172
112	Collinsville	24,031	216 per 100k	$67,612
113	Worth	10,700	217 per 100k	$56,288
114	Midlothian	13,948	218 per 100k	$70,000
115	Elgin	114,934	218 per 100k	$90,282
116	Bolingbrook	74,096	220 per 100k	$108,400
117	Aurora	179,898	220 per 100k	$93,633
118	Cicero	82,797	222 per 100k	$70,842
119	Calumet City	35,100	225 per 100k	$55,369
120	Oak Park	53,292	236 per 100k	$110,820
121	Melrose Park	24,549	239 per 100k	$66,189
122	Streator	12,330	245 per 100k	$57,609
123	Ottawa	18,447	245 per 100k	$71,413
124	Forest Park	13,943	248 per 100k	$77,221
125	Freeport	23,505	253 per 100k	$51,723
126	East Moline	20,904	253 per 100k	$61,779
127	Charleston	17,062	254 per 100k	$49,300
128	Sterling	14,717	256 per 100k	$57,350
129	Effingham	12,342	257 per 100k	$72,377
130	Fox Lake	11,131	266 per 100k	$70,819
131	Loves Park	23,502	270 per 100k	$61,868
132	Lansing	28,284	276 per 100k	$75,569
133	Alsip	18,583	278 per 100k	$66,585
134	Country Club Hills	16,324	279 per 100k	$75,197
135	Park Forest	21,156	283 per 100k	$61,072
136	Normal	53,569	290 per 100k	$64,785
137	Blue Island	21,741	291 per 100k	$59,489
138	East Peoria	22,324	292 per 100k	$71,833
139	Lincoln	13,281	292 per 100k	$57,340
140	Bradley	15,325	295 per 100k	$67,420
141	Richton Park	12,521	297 per 100k	$64,554
142	Pontiac	11,294	309 per 100k	$61,279
143	Bloomington	78,907	318 per 100k	$77,384
144	Canton	13,144	321 per 100k	$53,254
145	Zion	24,600	334 per 100k	$63,104
146	Joliet	150,445	344 per 100k	$92,201
147	Hazel Crest	13,792	356 per 100k	$68,393
148	Champaign	89,996	374 per 100k	$56,118
149	Waukegan	89,076	375 per 100k	$71,919
150	Riverdale	10,340	382 per 100k	$39,833
151	Herrin	12,226	384 per 100k	$59,975
152	Moline	42,197	406 per 100k	$67,701
153	Fairview Heights	16,745	419 per 100k	$80,930
154	Marion	16,836	422 per 100k	$56,912
155	Urbana	39,341	442 per 100k	$45,346
156	Galesburg	29,481	453 per 100k	$48,297
157	Mattoon	16,586	454 per 100k	$51,597
158	Belleville	41,370	481 per 100k	$63,535
159	Rantoul	12,421	522 per 100k	$48,691
160	Pekin	31,781	527 per 100k	$60,790
161	Rock Island	36,151	606 per 100k	$59,041
162	Decatur	69,815	682 per 100k	$51,592
163	Granite City	26,549	761 per 100k	$59,205
164	Chicago Heights	26,736	801 per 100k	$54,798
165	Alton	25,279	827 per 100k	$54,568
166	Springfield	113,330	895 per 100k	$66,064
167	Harvey	20,230	900 per 100k	$42,429
168	Rockford	147,521	900 per 100k	$54,752
169	Centralia	11,856	923 per 100k	$47,807
170	Carbondale	22,158	986 per 100k	$32,128
171	Peoria	112,169	1256 per 100k	$59,410
172	Danville	28,595	1476 per 100k	$45,957