The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lansing, IL
Lansing is a village of 29,000 in Cook County, about 20 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Lansing, IL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Lansing has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Lansing run from A- to F, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 639 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lansing as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lansing scores 639.
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 Lansing, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lansing, 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 Lansing
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Lansing runs 63% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run 39% below it: 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Burglary stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Lansing has 6.9.
The safest and least safe parts of Lansing
Most of Lansing grades well: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Lansing run from A- to F; every part of Lansing has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
76%13%11%
A or B 76%C 13%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lansing, the south side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Lansing
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lansing has about 60 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 63% more than the US as a whole and 43% more 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Lansing, about 29% 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.
The Lansing Police Department's 2024 count of theft 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 Lansing
Lansing has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Lansing, 36% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (36%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (28%)
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 Lansing compares with nearby cities
Lansing has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
One thing sets Lansing apart: it has 27 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery 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
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
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+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% 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.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 67% 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.22% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 60% 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 Lansing: D- (7 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 58% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Lansing on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Lansing
Crime costs Lansing about $1,512 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 25% more 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 $39 million a year, or $1,346 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.5 million
$51
Rape
$1.1 million
$39
Robbery
$1.3 million
$45
Assault
$4.7 million
$164
Burglary
$1.8 million
$62
Theft
$2.6 million
$89
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$63
Arson
$47,000
$2
Vandalism
$2.5 million
$85
Total
$17 million
$600
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 Lansing 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 Lansing, IL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 27% of students test proficient, against 16% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Lansing on SchoolGrade
