Kankakee County, IL Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Kankakee County in green. The most dangerous areas in Kankakee County 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 Kankakee County, IL Safe from Murder?

The A grade means the rate of murder is much lower than the average US county. Kankakee County is in the 90th percentile for safety, meaning 10% of counties are safer and 90% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Kankakee County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.

The rate of murder in Kankakee County is 0.0326 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Kankakee County generally consider the northwest part of the county to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Kankakee County may be as high as 1 in 17,934 in the southeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 83,596 in the northwest part of the county.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Kankakee County, IL: about 1 per year. The east part of Kankakee County has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Kankakee County's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Kankakee County 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, Kankakee County is safer than the Illinois state average and safer than the national average.

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

The Cost of Murder in Kankakee County, IL

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Kankakee County about $6,567,744 in 2025, or roughly $61 per resident. This is part of Kankakee County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Kankakee County, including every crime type and how Kankakee County compares to other counties.

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 Kankakee County's crime maps on the Kankakee County overall crime page.

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Individual Kankakee County Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of murder in Kankakee County is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Kankakee County.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Newton County, IN	A	A	A	B-
Iroquois County, IL	A+	A	A+	B
Grundy County, IL	A+	A+	A+	A
Will County, IL	A	A	A	B+
Lake County, IN	C	C-	C-	D+
Jasper County, IN	A+	A+	A+	A
Livingston County, IL	A	A-	A	B-
Kendall County, IL	A+	A+	A+	A
Porter County, IN	A	A+	A-	A-
LaSalle County, IL	A	A	A-	A

Murder in County with Similar Populations

Kankakee County is lower versus other counties of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in counties with comparable overall population.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
St. Mary's County, MD	B+	B	B	B
Fond du Lac County, WI	A-	A-	A-	B
Franklin County, MO	B	C+	C+	C
Garland County, AR	D	D-	D-	C-
Grant County, WA	D	C+	C+	B-
Hunt County, TX	C+	C	C	C+
Jefferson County, NY	B+	C+	C+	A+
Lafourche Parish, LA	D+	D	D	D
LaPorte County, IN	B	B-	B-	C
Laramie County, WY	B+	A+	A+	A+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Kankakee County, IL average SchoolGrade of F, with 19% actual proficiency versus 25% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Kankakee County schools on SchoolGrade

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