What is the crime rate in Forest Park, IL?

In 2025, the Forest Park Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 408 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 247 violent and 2,969 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,740 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: 247
Property per 100,000: 2,969
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 408

Crime reported by the Forest Park 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	65	479	424	3,125	13,568
2024	56	416	383	2,845	13,460
2025	34	247	408	2,969	13,740

Violent crimes reported went from 65 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 424 in 2023 to 408 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.

Forest Park against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Forest Park	247	2,969
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 Forest Park, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Forest Park	—	247	2,969
North Riverside	1.6 mi	113	4,575
River Forest	1.8 mi	101	1,589
Oak Park	1.9 mi	236	2,997
Berwyn	2.1 mi	161	1,596
Riverside	2.6 mi	45	1,024
Bellwood	3.3 mi	261	1,028
Cicero	3.3 mi	224	1,015
Brookfield	3.4 mi	48	523

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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