The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Maywood, IL
Maywood is a village of 23,200 in Cook County, about 11 miles west of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Maywood, IL safe?
Maywood is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of D-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 91% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C against F. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Maywood run from C+ to F, so check the map below.
D-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 144 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
9% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Maywood as a whole, and 91% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Maywood scores 144.
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 Maywood, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Maywood, 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 Maywood
Thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Maywood runs 77% above the US rate, but thefts run 26% below it: 9.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Robberies and simple assaults both run high. In Maywood, each runs at about triple the US rate: 1.8 robberies and 28.8 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Maywood
High crime is widespread across Maywood: 82% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Maywood run from C+ to F; every part of Maywood has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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C 18%D or F 82%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Maywood, the north side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Maywood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Maywood has about 66 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 77% more than the US as a whole and 56% 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 Maywood, about 48% of everything reported.
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 Maywood Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of reported rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department sent the FBI no 2024 count of simple assault and no recent year to build on, so CrimeGrade™ made its own estimate. The department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Maywood compares with nearby cities
Maywood has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Westchester and River Forest have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Maywood apart: it has 96 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of B- (49 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and robbery runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.96 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% 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.B- (49 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.68% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 88% 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.10.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 85% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Maywood 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 Maywood
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Maywood about $3,165 a year per household, more than double 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 $93 million a year, or $4,014 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.0 million
$390
Rape
$860,000
$37
Robbery
$1.3 million
$56
Assault
$6.9 million
$297
Burglary
$740,000
$32
Theft
$1.1 million
$49
Vehicle theft
$1.7 million
$75
Arson
$85,000
$4
Vandalism
$2.2 million
$93
Total
$24 million
$1,034
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 Maywood 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 Maywood, IL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 28% of students test proficient, against 17% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Maywood on SchoolGrade
