South Chicago Heights, IL Property Crime Rates and Maps

D-

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	D-

Which crimes are included?

$791,309

Cost of Crime™ for South Chicago Heights, IL

In 2025, property crime will cost $492 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of South Chicago Heights with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The D- grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in South Chicago Heights against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. South Chicago Heights sits in the 12th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 12% of cities and behind 88%. The grade covers only South Chicago Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The property crime rate in South Chicago Heights is 27.03 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the northwest part of the city as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 26 in the southeast neighborhoods to 1 in 53 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of South Chicago Heights, IL report the most property crime, about 28 cases per year. The east part reports the fewest, around 5 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in South Chicago Heights, IL

Property crime in South Chicago Heights is projected to cost $791,309 in 2025, about $200 per resident and $492 per household. That equals 0.7% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 63.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 30.3%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 5.9%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in South Chicago Heights Compared to Other Cities?

South Chicago Heights, IL:	$200
East St. Louis, IL:	$250
St. Joseph, IL:	$22
Illinois:	$107
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $200 per resident each year in South Chicago Heights, which is $64 more than the national average and $93 more than Illinois's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to South Chicago Heights:

In East St. Louis, IL, crime costs $250 per person, which is $50 more than in South Chicago Heights.
In St. Joseph, IL, crime costs $22 per person, which is $179 less than in South Chicago Heights

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for South Chicago Heights, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to South Chicago Heights	Cost per South Chicago Heights Resident
Vehicle Theft	$263,768	$67
Burglary	$132,973	$34
Theft	$387,923	$98
Arson	$6,646	$2
Total Cost of Property Crime	$791,309	$200

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in South Chicago Heights, IL. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southeast part of the city has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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South Chicago Heights Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 South Chicago Heights residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	18.94
Vehicle Theft	4.308
Burglary	3.708
Arson	0.0696
Total Property Crime	27.03 (D-)

Individual South Chicago Heights Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of property crime in South Chicago Heights is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to South Chicago Heights.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Steger, IL	C	C	C
Chicago Heights, IL	D	D+	D
Park Forest, IL	C-	C-	C
Ford Heights, IL	F	F	F
Olympia Fields, IL	D+	C-	C-
Crete, IL	B	B	B-
University Park, IL	B-	C	B-
Sauk Village, IL	D+	D	D+
Richton Park, IL	C-	C	C-
Flossmoor, IL	B	C+	B

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

South Chicago Heights is higher versus other cities of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bishop, TX	D-	D	D
Verbena, AL	B	B	B
Rockford, TN	D	D	D
Riverton, IL	A	A	A
Rainbow, CA	C+	C-	C-
Powell Butte, OR	B-	C+	C+
Orleans, IN	C-	C-	C-
New London, NH	C+	A	A
Mulberry, AR	D-	D-	D-
Mount Angel, OR	D+	D+	D+

Considering only the property crime rate, South Chicago Heights is less safe than the Illinois state average and less safe than the national average.

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