The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Crest Hill, IL
Crest Hill is a city of 22,100 in Will County, about 35 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Crest Hill, IL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Crest Hill is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Crest Hill sits near the middle: 56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 862 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
56% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Crest Hill as a whole, and 44% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Crest Hill scores 862.
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 Crest Hill, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Crest Hill, 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 Crest Hill
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B+ in Crest Hill, worse than in the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live, against A for property crime as a whole.
Thefts are uncommon. Crest Hill has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Crest Hill
Every part of Crest Hill where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Crest Hill run from A to B+; 63% 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 Crest Hill, the northeast side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Crest Hill?
Reported crime in Crest Hill has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 34% and property crime down 18%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.9 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 11 to 9.3 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Crest HillUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Crest Hill. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Crest Hill
Violent, US
Property, Crest Hill
Property, US
2016
-50%
+4%
-5%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
-24%
+0%
-9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+2%
+4%
-14%
-8%
2021
-40%
+6%
-25%
-10%
2022
-2%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-25%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
-34%
-4%
-18%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Crest Hill
CrimeGrade™ estimates Crest Hill has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 44% less than the US as a whole and 51% 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 Crest Hill, about 37% 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 Crest Hill
Crest Hill has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Crest Hill, 32% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 53% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (32%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (53%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Crest Hill compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Crest Hill, 8 have less crime. Homer Glen and Lemont have the least.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Crest Hill
Two things set Crest Hill apart: it has 1.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run 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.1.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (13 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 65% 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.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% 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 Crest Hill
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Crest Hill about $627 a year per household, 48% 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 $15 million a year, or $655 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$650,000
$29
Rape
$410,000
$18
Robbery
$120,000
$5
Assault
$1.8 million
$81
Burglary
$500,000
$23
Theft
$650,000
$29
Vehicle theft
$300,000
$14
Arson
$43,000
$2
Vandalism
$530,000
$24
Total
$5.0 million
$226
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 Crest Hill 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 Crest Hill, IL average a SchoolGrade of C: 39% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Crest Hill on SchoolGrade
