The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Streator, IL
Streator is a city of 16,700 in LaSalle County, about 45 miles north of downtown Normal · Updated November 2026
Is Streator, IL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Streator: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. 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 911 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Streator as a whole, and 30% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Streator scores 911.
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 Streator, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Streator, 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 Streator
Aggravated assault runs low. Streator has 1.2 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Streator
Every part of Streator where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Streator run from A+ to A-; 83% 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 Streator, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Streator?
Reported crime in Streator has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 31% and property crime down 16%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.8 to 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 21 to 18 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 39%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
StreatorUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Streator. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Streator
Violent, US
Property, Streator
Property, US
2016
-12%
+4%
+30%
+15%
2017
-1%
+4%
+27%
+12%
2018
-14%
+0%
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
+4%
-1%
-8%
2021
-3%
+6%
-20%
-10%
2022
-28%
+5%
-26%
-6%
2023
-40%
+2%
-40%
-7%
2024
-32%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Streator
CrimeGrade™ estimates Streator has about 26 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 30% less than the US as a whole and 39% 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 makes up about 42% of crime reported in Streator. 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 Streator
Streator has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Streator compares with nearby cities
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Streator has more crime than 52% of them.
Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Parking lots, transit and walkability in Streator
Two things set Streator apart: it has 3.3 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space 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.3.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% 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 Streator: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 84% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% 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.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% 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 Streator
Crime costs Streator about $533 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% 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 $10 million a year, or $603 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$270,000
$16
Rape
$370,000
$22
Robbery
$21,000
$1
Assault
$1.4 million
$85
Burglary
$350,000
$21
Theft
$930,000
$56
Vehicle theft
$100,000
$6
Arson
$54,000
$3
Vandalism
$430,000
$26
Total
$3.9 million
$236
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 Streator 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 Streator, IL average a SchoolGrade of C: 40% of students test proficient, against 21% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Streator on SchoolGrade
