The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bloomington, IL
Bloomington is a city of 85,000 in McLean County and the main city of the Bloomington metro area, home to 171,600 · Updated November 2026
Is Bloomington, IL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Bloomington is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Bloomington sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bloomington run from A+ to C-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 833 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bloomington as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bloomington scores 833.
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 Bloomington, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bloomington, 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 Bloomington
Car thefts run high in Downtown Bloomington, Founders Grove & South Oakland. In this part of central Bloomington, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Bloomington.
Reported rape stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.25 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Bloomington has 0.71.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Bloomington
Low crime is the norm across Bloomington: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Bloomington run from A+ to C-; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lakewood-Hillcrest & North Pointe, northeastAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Bloomington.A904
2Fox Creek, southwestBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Bloomington.A863
3Northwest Union, northwestClose to the rest of Bloomington on most crimes.A-811
4South Hill, southAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Bloomington.A-800
5Downtown Bloomington, Founders Grove & South Oakland, centralAggravated assaults run at more than double the rate in the rest of Bloomington.B664
6Lang's Alley & Olde Towne, westAggravated assaults run at about triple the rate in the rest of Bloomington.B635
Neighborhood areas of Bloomington, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Bloomington
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bloomington has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to 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 Bloomington, about 49% 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.
The Bloomington Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of reported rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft, vehicle theft and vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department's 2024 count of robbery fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Bloomington compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Bloomington, 5 have less crime. Carlock and Hudson have the least.
Two things set Bloomington apart: it has 64 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.64 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 80% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bloomington: D (16 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 69% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 67% 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.94% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 55% 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 crime costs Bloomington
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bloomington about $843 a year per household, 30% less 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 $72 million a year, or $853 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$860,000
$10
Rape
$3.6 million
$42
Robbery
$550,000
$7
Assault
$15 million
$173
Burglary
$1.6 million
$18
Theft
$3.5 million
$42
Vehicle theft
$1.2 million
$14
Arson
$63,000
$1
Vandalism
$4.2 million
$49
Total
$30 million
$355
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 Bloomington 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 Bloomington, IL average a SchoolGrade of B: 46% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bloomington on SchoolGrade
