Alsip is a village of 20,100 in Cook County, about 15 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Alsip, IL safe?
Crime in Alsip is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Alsip. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Alsip run from A to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 711 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
32% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Alsip as a whole, and 68% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Alsip scores 711.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Alsip, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Alsip, 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 in Alsip
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Alsip runs 72% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run at a small fraction of that rate: 0.67 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Burglary stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Alsip has 7.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Alsip
Most of Alsip grades well: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Alsip run from A to C+; 4% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
95%
A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Alsip, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Alsip?
Reported violent crime in Alsip peaked in 2020 and has fallen 40% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 24% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 2.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 24 to 30 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AlsipUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Alsip. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Alsip
Violent, US
Property, Alsip
Property, US
2016
-65%
+4%
+19%
+15%
2017
-62%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
-55%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+70%
+4%
+12%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
-8%
-10%
2022
+16%
+5%
+18%
-6%
2023
+15%
+2%
+24%
-7%
2024
+1%
-4%
+24%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Alsip
CrimeGrade™ estimates Alsip has about 64 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 72% more than the US as a whole and 51% more than Illinois.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Alsip, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Alsip
Alsip has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Alsip, 26% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 66% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Parking lots and garages (32%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Alsip compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Alsip, 7 have less crime. Palos Heights and Crestwood have the least.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Alsip
Two things set Alsip apart: it has 4.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 96% of US city residents
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
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 and assault. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 65% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 87% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.70 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 70% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Alsip on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 crime costs Alsip
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Alsip about $1,500 a year per household, 24% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $23 million a year, or $1,159 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$420,000
$21
Rape
$1.3 million
$63
Robbery
$600,000
$30
Assault
$3.8 million
$188
Burglary
$1.3 million
$64
Theft
$1.6 million
$81
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$85
Arson
$85,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$68
Total
$12 million
$605
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Alsip means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Alsip, IL average a SchoolGrade of C-: 39% of students test proficient, against 23% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Alsip on SchoolGrade
