Calumet Park is a village of 6,860 in Cook County, about 15 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Calumet Park, IL safe?
Calumet Park is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C- and property crime D-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Calumet Park run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
D+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 247 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
11% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Calumet Park as a whole, and 89% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Calumet Park scores 247.
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 Calumet Park, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Calumet Park, 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 Calumet Park
Robberies and car thefts both run high. In Calumet Park, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 3.2 robberies and 10.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Calumet Park, 47% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Calumet Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Calumet Park has about 83 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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 Calumet Park, about 31% 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 Calumet Park
Calumet Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Calumet Park, 46% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (47%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (33%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (47%)
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 Calumet Park compares with nearby cities
Calumet Park has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Merrionette Park and Alsip have the least crime nearby.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Calumet Park
Two things set Calumet Park apart: it has 13 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 65% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.13 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 95% 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.C (37 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 86% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.65% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 89% 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 Calumet Park: C- (30 of 100).11 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 86% 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.9.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 82% 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 Calumet Park
Crime costs Calumet Park about $2,433 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about double 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 $19 million a year, or $2,789 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$800,000
$116
Rape
$570,000
$84
Robbery
$690,000
$101
Assault
$1.9 million
$279
Burglary
$190,000
$28
Theft
$710,000
$103
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$160
Arson
$28,000
$4
Vandalism
$940,000
$136
Total
$6.9 million
$1,012
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 Calumet Park 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 Calumet Park, IL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 27% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Calumet Park on SchoolGrade
