Forest Park is a village of 14,000 in Cook County, about 9 miles west of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Forest Park?
Forest Park grades B- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades C+.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 560 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Forest Park as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Forest Park scores 560.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Forest Park, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Forest Park, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Forest Park
Burglary at about double the US rate. Forest Park has 4.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Forest Park
In Forest Park, 18% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 41% in areas graded C and 41% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Forest Park run from B to D.
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A or B 18%C 41%D or F 41%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Property crime rates and types in Forest Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Forest Park has about 45 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 88% more than the US as a whole and 75% more than Illinois.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Forest Park, about 52% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Forest Park Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of theft and vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Forest Park
Forest Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Forest Park, 59% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 28% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (59%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (28%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Other places (48%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Forest Park and nearby cities
Forest Park has more property crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Riverside and North Riverside have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Forest Park. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Forest Park has more property crime than 69% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Forest Park apart: it has a Walk Grade of B+ (66 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 27 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 50% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (66 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Forest Park: C (39 of 100).27 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 93% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.82% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.68 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Forest Park
Property crime costs Forest Park about $4.5 million a year, or $321 per resident and about $591 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$570,000
$41
Theft
$1.7 million
$118
Vehicle theft
$1.0 million
$73
Arson
$34,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$87
Total
$4.5 million
$321
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
