The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hanover Park, IL
Hanover Park is a village of 38,300 in Cook County, about 25 miles west of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Hanover Park, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Hanover Park: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 893 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hanover Park as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hanover Park scores 893.
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 Hanover Park, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hanover 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 Hanover Park
Theft runs low. Hanover Park has 2.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Hanover Park
Every part of Hanover Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hanover Park run from A+ to A-; every part of Hanover Park has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hanover Park, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Hanover Park?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Hanover Park is up 54% and property crime is down 39%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 0.8 to 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 6.6 to 4.0 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 29% and property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Hanover ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Hanover Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hanover Park
Violent, US
Property, Hanover Park
Property, US
2016
+27%
+4%
-1%
+15%
2017
+31%
+4%
-8%
+12%
2018
+38%
+0%
-24%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+60%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
+24%
+6%
-10%
-10%
2022
+97%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
+116%
+2%
-24%
-7%
2024
+54%
-4%
-39%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hanover Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hanover Park has about 15 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 60% less than the US as a whole and 65% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Hanover Park is assault, about 51% of the total. It also makes up 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 Hanover Park
Hanover Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hanover Park, 52% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (52%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (44%)
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; they are over one in five for burglary, vandalism, aggravated assault.
How Hanover Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Hanover Park, 6 have less crime. Wayne and Bartlett have the least.
Night lighting, jobs and walkability in Hanover Park
Two things set Hanover Park apart: it has 18 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 5.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.18 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 90% 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. 72% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 67% 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.5.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 89% 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.2.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 89% 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.42% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% 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 Hanover Park
Crime costs Hanover Park about $477 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 60% 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 $358 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$320,000
$8
Rape
$400,000
$10
Robbery
$200,000
$5
Assault
$2.8 million
$73
Burglary
$280,000
$7
Theft
$530,000
$14
Vehicle theft
$270,000
$7
Arson
$15,000
under $1
Vandalism
$820,000
$21
Total
$5.6 million
$147
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 Hanover 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. Hanover Park 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 Hanover Park, IL average a SchoolGrade of B: 46% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Hanover Park on SchoolGrade
