Flossmoor is a village of 9,860 in Cook County, about 25 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Flossmoor, IL safe?
Yes, crime in Flossmoor is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Flossmoor sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 828 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Flossmoor as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Flossmoor scores 828.
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 Flossmoor, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Flossmoor, 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 Flossmoor
Burglary stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Flossmoor has 5.3.
Crime rates and types in Flossmoor
CrimeGrade™ estimates Flossmoor has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Flossmoor, about 46% 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 Flossmoor
Flossmoor has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Flossmoor, 75% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 54% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (75%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
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 Flossmoor compares with nearby cities
Flossmoor has the least crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Flossmoor
Two things set Flossmoor apart: it has 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% 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 (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 78% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.27 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 76% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% 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 Flossmoor
Crime costs Flossmoor about $839 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 30% 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 $5.3 million a year, or $540 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$180,000
$18
Rape
$140,000
$14
Robbery
$50,000
$5
Assault
$640,000
$65
Burglary
$470,000
$48
Theft
$920,000
$93
Vehicle theft
$290,000
$30
Arson
$5,900
$1
Vandalism
$370,000
$37
Total
$3.1 million
$311
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 Flossmoor 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 Flossmoor, IL average a SchoolGrade of B-: 44% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Flossmoor on SchoolGrade
