What is the crime rate in Bellwood, IL?

In 2025, the Bellwood Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 185 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 261 violent and 1,028 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,990 residents it serves.

Across Illinois the rates were 258 and 1,556.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 261
Property per 100,000: 1,028
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 185

Crime reported by the Bellwood Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	72	405	299	1,683	17,768
2024	54	306	213	1,209	17,623
2025	47	261	185	1,028	17,990

Violent crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 299 in 2023 to 185 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Bellwood against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bellwood	261	1,028
Cook County	294	2,162
Illinois	258	1,556
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Bellwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bellwood	—	261	1,028
Stone Park	1.4 mi	67	45
Melrose Park	1.5 mi	239	1,356
Hillside	1.7 mi	201	2,045
Berkeley	1.9 mi	59	704
Westchester	2.4 mi	6	86
Northlake	2.6 mi	146	745
River Forest	3.1 mi	101	1,589
Forest Park	3.3 mi	247	2,969

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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