Palos Heights, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palos Heights, IL Summary

Crime in Palos Heights research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palos Heights over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Palos Heights:

  • There were 108 total crimes committed in Palos Heights the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 930.9 total crimes per 100K people in Palos Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Palos Heights is -59.95% below the national average.
  • Palos Heights ranks #345 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Palos Heights ranks #3,496 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Palos Heights Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palos Heights is 930.9 per 100,000 people. That's -59.95% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -53.11% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palos Heights
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 108 930.9 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 2 17.2 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 5 43.1 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 8 69.0 425.9 369.8
Burglary 7 60.3 246.4 269.8
Larceny 78 672.3 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 15 129.3 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 100 861.9 1,559.4 1,954.4

Palos Heights Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Palos Heights

8
Violent Crimes
69.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-81.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Palos Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palos Heights is 69.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,450.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palos Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -81.35% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -83.81% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palos Heights

100
Property Crimes
861.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-55.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 100 property crimes in Palos Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palos Heights is 861.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 116.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palos Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -55.90% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -44.73% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palos Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Naperville, IL 148,929 1,290 866.2 813.8 52.4
Oak Lawn, IL 55,957 922 1,647.7 1,528.0 119.7
Elmhurst, IL 47,034 132 280.6 197.7 82.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 27,704 57 205.7 133.6 72.2
Oak Forest, IL 27,084 125 461.5 284.3 177.2
Lisle, IL 23,506 134 570.1 531.8 38.3
Darien, IL 21,590 41 189.9 152.8 37.1
Alsip, IL 18,246 572 3,134.9 2,800.6 334.3
Palos Hills, IL 17,790 94 528.4 460.9 67.5
Hinsdale, IL 17,724 30 169.3 146.7 22.6

Palos Heights SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
6
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
5
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