The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Richton Park, IL
Richton Park is a village of 13,100 in Cook County, about 30 miles south of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Richton Park, IL safe?
Crime in Richton Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 73% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Richton Park. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richton Park run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 661 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richton Park as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richton Park scores 661.
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 Richton Park, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richton Park, 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 Richton Park
Car thefts happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Richton Park, 56% of reported car thefts happen in parking lots and garages, against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Richton Park
Low crime is the norm across Richton Park: 82% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Richton Park run from A- to C+; every part of Richton Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
82%18%
A or B 82%C 18%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Richton Park, the west side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Richton Park?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Richton Park is down 27%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.6 to 3.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 22 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 34%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Richton ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Richton Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Richton Park
Violent, US
Property, Richton Park
Property, US
2016
-6%
+4%
-1%
+15%
2017
-32%
+4%
+23%
+12%
2018
-9%
+0%
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
+6%
-8%
2021
-25%
+6%
-18%
-10%
2022
-35%
+5%
-4%
-6%
2023
-45%
+2%
-11%
-7%
2024
-27%
-4%
-7%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Richton Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richton Park has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 29% of crime reported in Richton Park. 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.
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 Richton Park
Richton Park has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Richton Park, 44% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 47% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (45%)
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 Richton Park compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Richton Park, 7 have less crime. Monee and Flossmoor have the least.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Richton Park
Two things set Richton Park apart: it has 12 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 5.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft and robbery run higher here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.12 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% 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.5.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% 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.4.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 65% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 60% 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 Richton Park
Crime costs Richton Park about $1,233 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as 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 $18 million a year, or $1,339 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$990,000
$75
Rape
$430,000
$33
Robbery
$310,000
$24
Assault
$1.4 million
$109
Burglary
$290,000
$22
Theft
$830,000
$64
Vehicle theft
$970,000
$74
Arson
$42,000
$3
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$84
Total
$6.4 million
$489
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 Richton Park 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 Richton Park, IL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 27% of students test proficient, against 13% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Richton Park on SchoolGrade
