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Oak Park, IL crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

With a crime rate of 33 per one thousand residents, Oak Park has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 30. Within Illinois, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Oak Park.

Importantly, when you compare Oak Park to other communities of similar population, then Oak Park crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Oak Park does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Oak Park does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Oak Park.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Oak Park occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Oak Park; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 307. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Oak Park is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Oak Park, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 33, which is a rate of 30 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Oak Park has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Oak Park is one in 204.

Oak Park Crime Data

total Crime Index

8

(100 is safest)


Safer than 8% of U.S. cities.

Oak Park Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

171

1,587

1,758

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.25

30.20

33.45

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.25
2.87
National Median: 4
    Oak Park
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 307

in Oak Park

1 in 348

in Illinois

Oak Park Violent Crimes

Population: 52,553
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 3 33 81 54
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.63 1.54 1.03

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 21,156 133,294 220,450 893,980
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.40 0.66 2.68

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
30.2
16.83
National Median: 20
    Oak Park
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 33

in Oak Park

1 in 59

in Illinois

Property Crimes

Population: 52,553
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 171 1,158 258
Rate per 1,000 3.25 22.03 4.91

United States Property Crimes

Population: 333,287,557
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,293 4,672,363 942,173
Rate per 1,000 2.70 14.02 2.83

Oak Park Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
374
27
National Median: 27.0
    Oak Park
    Illinois