Palos Hills, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palos Hills, IL Summary

Crime in Palos Hills research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palos Hills 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 Hills:

  • There were 94 total crimes committed in Palos Hills the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 528.4 total crimes per 100K people in Palos Hills.
  • The overall crime rate in Palos Hills is -77.27% below the national average.
  • Palos Hills ranks #238 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Palos Hills ranks #1,930 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 Hills Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palos Hills is 528.4 per 100,000 people. That's -77.27% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -73.38% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palos Hills
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 94 528.4 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 1 5.6 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 10 56.2 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 12 67.5 425.9 369.8
Burglary 17 95.6 246.4 269.8
Larceny 54 303.5 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 61.8 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 82 460.9 1,559.4 1,954.4

Palos Hills 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 Hills

12
Violent Crimes
67.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-81.76%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Palos Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palos Hills is 67.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,482.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palos Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -81.76% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -84.16% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palos Hills

82
Property Crimes
460.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-76.42%
Below The National Average
  • There were 82 property crimes in Palos Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palos Hills is 460.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 217.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palos Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -76.42% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -70.44% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palos Hills

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
Wheaton, IL 52,706 123 233.4 146.1 87.3
Elmhurst, IL 47,034 132 280.6 197.7 82.9
Burbank, IL 28,271 443 1,567.0 1,393.7 173.3
Glen Ellyn, IL 27,704 57 205.7 133.6 72.2
Lisle, IL 23,506 134 570.1 531.8 38.3
Darien, IL 21,590 41 189.9 152.8 37.1
Hinsdale, IL 17,724 30 169.3 146.7 22.6
Bridgeview, IL 16,056 79 492.0 242.9 249.1

Palos Hills SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
4
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