The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Romeoville, IL
Romeoville is a village of 42,600 in Will County, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Romeoville, IL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Romeoville is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Romeoville sits near the middle: 59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 876 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Romeoville as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Romeoville scores 876.
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 Romeoville, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Romeoville, 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 Romeoville
Simple assault is the exception. Romeoville grades A for violent crime, but simple assault grades B, worse than in the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live.
Aggravated assault runs low. Romeoville has 1.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Romeoville
Every part of Romeoville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Romeoville run from A to A-; 86% 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 Romeoville, the north side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Romeoville?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Romeoville is down 16%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.8 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 10 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
RomeovilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Romeoville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Romeoville
Violent, US
Property, Romeoville
Property, US
2016
-37%
+4%
+55%
+15%
2017
-19%
+4%
+38%
+12%
2018
-19%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+8%
+4%
-8%
-8%
2021
-39%
+6%
-22%
-10%
2022
-15%
+5%
-16%
-6%
2023
-8%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
-16%
-4%
-1%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Romeoville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Romeoville has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 25% less than the US as a whole and 34% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Romeoville, about 45% 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.
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 Romeoville
Romeoville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Romeoville, 16% 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
Other places (32%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Vandalism
Other places (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
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 Romeoville compares with nearby cities
Romeoville has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Homer Glen and Lemont have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in Romeoville
Two things set Romeoville apart: it has 5.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 69 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.5.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 62% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.69 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% 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.3.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 74% 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 Romeoville
Crime costs Romeoville about $783 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 35% 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 $23 million a year, or $540 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$440,000
$10
Rape
$690,000
$16
Robbery
$230,000
$5
Assault
$4.9 million
$115
Burglary
$780,000
$18
Theft
$1.6 million
$37
Vehicle theft
$820,000
$19
Arson
$48,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$31
Total
$11 million
$254
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 Romeoville 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 Romeoville, IL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 53% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Romeoville on SchoolGrade
