Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Park Forest, IL Crime Grade
How Park Forest 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 Park Forest, IL was 282.7 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 20,869). That puts Park Forest 13% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 15% above the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Park Forest #2,557 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 32% of them, and #168 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 7% over the last five years.
Park Forest, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Illinois Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 282.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,557 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #168 of 214
- Safer than
- 32% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 7%
- Population
- 20,869
- Reporting agency
- Park Forest Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Park Forest Police Department (FBI ORI IL0168800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Park Forest (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Park Forest 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 | 303.0(64) | 291.9(61) | 295.7(61) | 283.1(58) | 282.7(59) |
| Murder | 4.7(1) | 14.4(3) | 9.7(2) | 14.6(3) | 4.8(1) |
| Rape | 33.1(7) | 38.3(8) | 29.1(6) | 24.4(5) | 47.9(10) |
| Robbery | 56.8(12) | 81.4(17) | 67.9(14) | 48.8(10) | 62.3(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 208.3(44) | 157.9(33) | 189.1(39) | 195.2(40) | 167.7(35) |
| Property crime | 1084.0(229) | 1392.6(291) | 1468.9(303) | 1522.9(312) | 1183.6(247) |
| Burglary | 132.5(28) | 134.0(28) | 227.9(47) | 468.6(96) | 91.0(19) |
| Larceny | 714.8(151) | 808.8(169) | 712.7(147) | 595.5(122) | 742.7(155) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 232.0(49) | 430.7(90) | 489.6(101) | 444.2(91) | 325.8(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Park Forest, 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 Park Forest 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 Park Forest calculated?
- Park Forest'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 Park Forest 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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