The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bourbonnais, IL
Bourbonnais is a village of 23,300 in Kankakee County, about 4 miles north of downtown Kankakee · Updated November 2026
Is Bourbonnais, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Bourbonnais: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 886 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bourbonnais as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bourbonnais scores 886.
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 Bourbonnais, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bourbonnais, 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 Bourbonnais
Aggravated assault runs low. Bourbonnais has 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Bourbonnais
Every part of Bourbonnais where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bourbonnais run from A+ to A-; 82% 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 Bourbonnais, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Bourbonnais?
Reported crime in Bourbonnais has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 55% and property crime down 47%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.0 to 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 7.0 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 46%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BourbonnaisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bourbonnais. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bourbonnais
Violent, US
Property, Bourbonnais
Property, US
2016
-64%
+4%
+38%
+15%
2017
-25%
+4%
-8%
+12%
2018
-42%
+0%
-38%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-20%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
-30%
-6%
2023
-17%
+2%
-45%
-7%
2024
-55%
-4%
-47%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bourbonnais
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bourbonnais has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 41% less than the US as a whole and 48% 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.
Theft makes up about 38% of crime reported in Bourbonnais. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bourbonnais, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (36%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Other places (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bourbonnais compares with nearby cities
Of the 5 cities closest to Bourbonnais, 3 have less crime. Manteno and Limestone have the least.
Transit, parking lots and walkability in Bourbonnais
Two things set Bourbonnais apart: it has 4.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 29 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 Bourbonnais: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 79% 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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 59% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.29 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 73% 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 Bourbonnais
Crime costs Bourbonnais about $608 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 50% 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 $14 million a year, or $601 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$28
Rape
$290,000
$12
Robbery
$58,000
$2
Assault
$1.8 million
$78
Burglary
$470,000
$20
Theft
$1.0 million
$43
Vehicle theft
$230,000
$10
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$510,000
$22
Total
$5.1 million
$217
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 Bourbonnais 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. Bourbonnais is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Bourbonnais, IL average a SchoolGrade of C-: 38% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bourbonnais on SchoolGrade
