The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bridgeview, IL
Bridgeview is a village of 16,800 in Cook County, about 13 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Bridgeview, IL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Bridgeview is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Bridgeview sits near the middle: 47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bridgeview run from A to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 824 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bridgeview as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bridgeview scores 824.
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 Bridgeview, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bridgeview, 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 Bridgeview
Aggravated assault runs low. Bridgeview has 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Bridgeview
Every part of Bridgeview where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bridgeview run from A to B-; 39% 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 Bridgeview, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Crime rates and types in Bridgeview
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bridgeview has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% more than 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 Bridgeview, about 36% 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 Bridgeview Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of aggravated assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department sent the FBI no 2024 count of simple assault and no recent year to build on, so CrimeGrade™ made its own estimate. The department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Bridgeview compares with nearby cities
Bridgeview has less crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Bridgeview
Two things set Bridgeview apart: it has 16.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 79 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% 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.C (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 86% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.79 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 86% of US city residents
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 Bridgeview: C- (25 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 68% 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 Bridgeview
Crime costs Bridgeview about $1,012 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 16% 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 $13 million a year, or $772 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$22
Rape
$330,000
$20
Robbery
$220,000
$13
Assault
$2.3 million
$137
Burglary
$320,000
$19
Theft
$1.2 million
$69
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$16
Arson
$43,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$61
Total
$6.0 million
$359
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 Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview, IL average a SchoolGrade of C+: 44% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Bridgeview on SchoolGrade
