Elmwood Park is a village of 41,600 in Cook County, about 9 miles west of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Elmwood Park?
Elmwood Park earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 782 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Elmwood Park as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Elmwood Park scores 782.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Elmwood Park, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Elmwood 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 about violent crime in Elmwood Park
Robbery stands out among cities graded A for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.14 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Elmwood Park has 0.61.
Aggravated assault runs low. Elmwood Park has 0.82 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.6.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Elmwood Park
Nearly every part of Elmwood Park where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Elmwood Park run from A+ to C.
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A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Dunning, northClose to the rest of Elmwood Park on most crimes.A-792
2Ellsworth, centralClose to the rest of Elmwood Park on most crimes.A-778
3Austin, southeastClose to the rest of Elmwood Park on most crimes.B+737
4Montclare & Belmont Cragin, eastSimple assaults run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Elmwood Park.B626
Neighborhood areas of Elmwood Park, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is violent crime going up in Elmwood Park?
Reported violent crime in Elmwood Park has fallen 39% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.7 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 38%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Elmwood ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Elmwood Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Elmwood Park
Violent, US
2016
-37%
+4%
2017
-11%
+4%
2018
-17%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-21%
+4%
2021
-58%
+6%
2022
-48%
+5%
2023
-56%
+2%
2024
-39%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Elmwood Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Elmwood Park has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and 25% less than Illinois.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Elmwood Park, about 93% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Elmwood Park and nearby cities
Elmwood Park has less violent crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Elmwood Park. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Elmwood Park is safer than 52% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Elmwood Park apart: it has 82% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 20 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.82% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 93% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Elmwood Park: C (36 of 100).20 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 91% 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 assault.C+ (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 91% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.20 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 87% 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 violent crime costs Elmwood Park
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Elmwood Park about $26 million a year, or $627 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $7.5 million, or $179 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 71% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$42
Rape
$610,000
$15
Robbery
$790,000
$19
Assault
$4.3 million
$103
Total
$7.5 million
$179
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
