Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oak Park, IL Crime Grade
How Oak Park grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Illinois — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
8/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oak Park, IL was 236.0 per 100,000 residents (124 incidents over a population of 52,550). That puts Oak Park Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 4% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Oak Park #2,293 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 39% of them, and #151 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Oak Park, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Illinois Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 236.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,293 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #151 of 214
- Safer than
- 39% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 52,550
- Reporting agency
- Oak Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oak Park Police Department (FBI ORI IL0168100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oak Park, IL
Also known as
- Harlem
- Noyesville
- Oak Ridge
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Oak Park (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oak Park vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 370.0(194) | 362.4(189) | 294.3(152) | 313.8(161) | 236.0(124) |
| Murder | 3.8(2) | 5.8(3) | 1.9(1) | 5.8(3) | 3.8(2) |
| Rape | 32.4(17) | 76.7(40) | 34.8(18) | 50.7(26) | 51.4(27) |
| Robbery | 206.0(108) | 163.0(85) | 172.3(89) | 124.7(64) | 62.8(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 127.8(67) | 117.0(61) | 85.2(44) | 132.5(68) | 118.0(62) |
| Property crime | 3228.8(1,693) | 3144.7(1,640) | 3351.1(1,731) | 3639.0(1,867) | 2987.6(1,570) |
| Burglary | 419.6(220) | 350.9(183) | 648.5(335) | 1058.4(543) | 249.3(131) |
| Larceny | 2639.5(1,384) | 2256.9(1,177) | 1999.8(1,033) | 2179.1(1,118) | 2426.3(1,275) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 162.1(85) | 531.1(277) | 687.3(355) | 391.8(201) | 302.6(159) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oak Park, IL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Oak Park Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Oak Park calculated?
- Oak Park's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Illinois state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Illinois cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Oak Park Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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