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Park Ridge, 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 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 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

Park Ridge has an overall crime rate of 9 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Park Ridge is 1 in 114. How does Park Ridge fare compared to other communities in Illinois of all population sizes? Park Ridge's crime rate is lower than approximately 40% of Illinois communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Park Ridge has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Park Ridge is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Park Ridge 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 Park Ridge.

For Park Ridge, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Park Ridge than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1516, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Park Ridge; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 8 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Park Ridge Crime Data

total Crime Index

49

(100 is safest)


Safer than 49% of U.S. cities.

Park Ridge Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

25

308

333

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.66

8.13

8.79

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.66
3.1
National Median: 4
    Park Ridge
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,516

in Park Ridge

1 in 322

in Illinois

Park Ridge Violent Crimes

Population: 37,897
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 13 5 7
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.34 0.13 0.18

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
8.13
17.2
National Median: 19
    Park Ridge
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 123

in Park Ridge

1 in 58

in Illinois

Property Crimes

Population: 37,897
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 86 200 22
Rate per 1,000 2.27 5.28 0.58

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

Park Ridge Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
47
28
National Median: 26.5
    Park Ridge
    Illinois