The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bolingbrook, IL
Bolingbrook is a village of 74,000 in Will County, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Bolingbrook, IL safe?
Yes, crime in Bolingbrook is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bolingbrook sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bolingbrook run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 868 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bolingbrook as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bolingbrook scores 868.
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 Bolingbrook, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bolingbrook, 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 Bolingbrook
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B in Bolingbrook, worse than in the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Thefts and car thefts both run low. In Bolingbrook, each runs at less than half the US rate: 4.2 thefts and 0.94 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Bolingbrook
Every part of Bolingbrook where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bolingbrook run from A+ to B; 61% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bolingbrook, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Bolingbrook?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Bolingbrook is down 13%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 8.9 to 7.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17% and property crime fell 12%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BolingbrookUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bolingbrook. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bolingbrook
Violent, US
Property, Bolingbrook
Property, US
2016
+28%
+4%
+44%
+15%
2017
+12%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
-11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+6%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+8%
+6%
-30%
-10%
2022
+30%
+5%
-15%
-6%
2023
+31%
+2%
-0%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
-13%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bolingbrook
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bolingbrook has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 47% less 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 Bolingbrook, about 51% 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 Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bolingbrook, 24% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 48% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Parking lots and garages (28%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Parking lots and garages (27%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (39%)
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 Bolingbrook compares with nearby cities
Bolingbrook has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Lisle and Lemont have the least crime nearby.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Bolingbrook
One thing sets Bolingbrook apart: it has 1.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower 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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 56% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.50 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 59% 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 Bolingbrook
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bolingbrook about $726 a year per household, 40% 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 $44 million a year, or $596 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.1 million
$15
Rape
$1.9 million
$26
Robbery
$380,000
$5
Assault
$8.0 million
$108
Burglary
$1.5 million
$21
Theft
$1.6 million
$22
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$14
Arson
$110,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.5 million
$20
Total
$17 million
$231
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 Bolingbrook 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 Bolingbrook, IL average a SchoolGrade of A: 59% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Bolingbrook on SchoolGrade
