The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Homer Glen, IL
Homer Glen is a village of 25,900 in Will County, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Homer Glen, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Homer Glen: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Every neighborhood in Homer Glen grades A+.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 966 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
92% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Homer Glen as a whole, and 8% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Homer Glen scores 966.
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 Homer Glen, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Homer Glen, 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 Homer Glen
Thefts and simple assaults both run low. In Homer Glen, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.2 thefts and 2.5 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Homer Glen
Every part of Homer Glen where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Homer Glen, the south side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Homer Glen?
Reported property crime in Homer Glen has fallen 45% 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 5.1 to 2.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Homer GlenUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Homer Glen. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Homer Glen
Property, US
2016
-5%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
+26%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
-8%
2021
-43%
-10%
2022
-24%
-6%
2023
-46%
-7%
2024
-45%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Homer Glen
CrimeGrade™ estimates Homer Glen has about 7.6 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 80% less than the US as a whole and 82% 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 Homer Glen is assault, about 35% 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 Homer Glen
Homer Glen has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Homer Glen, 23% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (46%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Other places (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 Homer Glen compares with nearby cities
Homer Glen has the least crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Density, walkability and empty homes in Homer Glen
Two things set Homer Glen apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (5 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% 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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% 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.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% 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.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 79% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% 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 Homer Glen
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Homer Glen about $195 a year per household, 84% 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 $3.8 million a year, or $148 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$110,000
$4
Rape
$150,000
$6
Robbery
$26,000
$1
Assault
$610,000
$24
Burglary
$120,000
$5
Theft
$300,000
$11
Vehicle theft
$86,000
$3
Arson
$42,000
$2
Vandalism
$320,000
$12
Total
$1.8 million
$68
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 Homer Glen 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. Homer Glen 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 Homer Glen, IL average a SchoolGrade of A+: 64% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Homer Glen on SchoolGrade
