Hazel Crest, IL Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Hazel Crest in green. The most dangerous areas in Hazel Crest are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Hazel Crest, IL Safe from Murder?

The D- grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US city. Hazel Crest is in the 8th percentile for safety, meaning 92% of cities are safer and 8% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Hazel Crest's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Hazel Crest is 0.1509 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Hazel Crest generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Hazel Crest may be as high as 1 in 5,064 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 7,315 in the southwest part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the southwest parts of Hazel Crest, IL: about 1 per year. The southeast part of Hazel Crest has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Hazel Crest's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Hazel Crest to the Illinois state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Hazel Crest is less safe than the Illinois state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Hazel Crest, IL

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Hazel Crest about $3,740,847 in 2025, or roughly $284 per resident. This is part of Hazel Crest's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Hazel Crest, including every crime type and how Hazel Crest compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Hazel Crest's crime maps on the Hazel Crest overall crime page.

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Individual Hazel Crest Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Hazel Crest is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Hazel Crest.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Country Club Hills, IL	C-	C-	C	D-
Homewood, IL	C	C	C+	D
Markham, IL	D-	D-	D	F
East Hazel Crest, IL	D	D	D	D-
Flossmoor, IL	B	C+	B	D
Harvey, IL	F	F	D-	F
Olympia Fields, IL	D+	C-	C-	D-
Posen, IL	C-	C-	C-	D
Midlothian, IL	B-	B-	C	C-
Oak Forest, IL	B	B+	C+	C+

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Hazel Crest is higher versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Mitchellville, MD	B-	C+	C+	F
Polk City, FL	A+	A	A	A+
Pleasantville, NY	B+	C+	C+	C
Plainwell, MI	A-	C+	C+	B+
Piedmont, OK	C+	B-	B-	D+
Piedmont, CA	D+	D	D	F
Murrysville, PA	A	A+	A+	A
Mulberry, FL	A	A-	A-	A-
Moss Bluff, LA	B-	B	B	C
Morehead City, NC	C-	C	C	B-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Hazel Crest, IL average SchoolGrade of F, with 15% actual proficiency versus 14% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Hazel Crest schools on SchoolGrade

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