The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Homewood, IL
Homewood is a village of 20,000 in Cook County, about 25 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Homewood, IL safe?
Yes, crime in Homewood is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Homewood sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% 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.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 823 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Homewood as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Homewood scores 823.
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 Homewood, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Homewood, 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 Homewood
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Homewood has 0.64.
The safest and least safe parts of Homewood
Every part of Homewood where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Homewood run from A to B+; 52% 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 Homewood, the south side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Homewood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Homewood has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 17% 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 is the most common crime in Homewood, about 39% of everything reported, but assault 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.
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 Homewood
Homewood has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Homewood, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 40% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
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 Homewood compares with nearby cities
Homewood has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Thornton and Flossmoor have less.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Homewood
One thing sets Homewood apart: it has 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet robbery and car theft run 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% 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.13.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 79% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.52 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 66% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Homewood: D+ (22 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 63% 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 Homewood
Crime costs Homewood about $822 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 32% 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 $13 million a year, or $627 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$18
Rape
$280,000
$14
Robbery
$400,000
$20
Assault
$1.4 million
$72
Burglary
$500,000
$25
Theft
$1.4 million
$71
Vehicle theft
$960,000
$48
Arson
$19,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$51
Total
$6.4 million
$321
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 Homewood 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 Homewood, IL average a SchoolGrade of D: 31% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Homewood on SchoolGrade
