Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Park Ridge, IL Crime Grade
How Park Ridge 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Illinois
1/10
vs. Illinois cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Park Ridge, IL was 28.8 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 38,187). That puts Park Ridge Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 88% below the Illinois statewide rate of 245.7.
That ranks Park Ridge #228 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #19 of 214 in Illinois. Violent crime is down 70% year over year and down 3% over the last five years.
Park Ridge, IL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Illinois Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 28.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #228 of 3,771
- IL rank
- #19 of 214
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 70%
- 5-year change
- down 3%
- Population
- 38,187
- Reporting agency
- Park Ridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Park Ridge Police Department (FBI ORI IL0168900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Park Ridge, IL
Also known as
- Parkridge
- Brickton
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. Park Ridge (red), Illinois (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Park Ridge 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 29.6(11) | 51.5(19) | 66.4(25) | 96.3(36) | 28.8(11) |
| Murder | 2.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 5.4(2) | 8.1(3) | 34.5(13) | 32.1(12) | 7.9(3) |
| Robbery | 10.8(4) | 16.3(6) | 13.3(5) | 18.7(7) | 2.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 10.8(4) | 27.1(10) | 18.6(7) | 45.5(17) | 18.3(7) |
| Property crime | 792.9(295) | 948.8(350) | 822.8(310) | 850.7(318) | 683.5(261) |
| Burglary | 96.8(36) | 176.2(65) | 228.3(86) | 305.0(114) | 36.7(14) |
| Larceny | 658.5(245) | 740.1(273) | 530.8(200) | 446.8(167) | 581.3(222) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 37.6(14) | 27.1(10) | 58.4(22) | 96.3(36) | 60.2(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Park Ridge, 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 Ridge 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 Ridge calculated?
- Park Ridge'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 Ridge 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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