The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hickory Hills, IL
Hickory Hills is a city of 14,700 in Cook County, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Hickory Hills, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Hickory Hills: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hickory Hills run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 892 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hickory Hills as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hickory Hills scores 892.
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 Hickory Hills, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hickory Hills, 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 Hickory Hills
Simple assault runs low. Hickory Hills has 4.4 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 9.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Hickory Hills
Nearly every part of Hickory Hills where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hickory Hills run from A+ to F; 86% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 99%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hickory Hills, the west side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Hickory Hills?
Reported property crime in Hickory Hills has fallen 28% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 14 to 10 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Hickory HillsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hickory Hills. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Hickory Hills
Property, US
2016
-30%
+15%
2017
-29%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+60%
-8%
2021
+8%
-10%
2022
+5%
-6%
2023
-25%
-7%
2024
-28%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hickory Hills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hickory Hills has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% less than the US as a whole and 55% 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.
Theft makes up about 43% of crime reported in Hickory Hills. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Hickory Hills Police Department's 2024 count of burglary fell far below its usual level, a sign of a reporting break, so CrimeGrade™ used the department's earlier years instead.
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 Hickory Hills
Hickory Hills has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (57%)
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 Hickory Hills compares with nearby cities
Hickory Hills has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Willow Springs and Palos Hills have less.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Hickory Hills
Two things set Hickory Hills apart: it has 2.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 23 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary runs 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.2.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 92% 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. 65% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 66% 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 Hickory Hills
Crime costs Hickory Hills about $475 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 61% 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 $5.9 million a year, or $400 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$190,000
$13
Rape
$220,000
$15
Robbery
$40,000
$3
Assault
$710,000
$48
Burglary
$210,000
$14
Theft
$620,000
$42
Vehicle theft
$220,000
$15
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$320,000
$22
Total
$2.5 million
$173
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 Hickory Hills 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. Hickory Hills 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 Hickory Hills, IL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 55% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Hickory Hills on SchoolGrade
