Safety · Oak Forest
Oak Forest, IL crime & safety
Oak Forest's reported crime rate is well below Illinois's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 9 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Oak Forest compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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Oak Forest’s Safety Grade: A
Oak Forest reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
A-Violent crimeA-Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 86%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Illinois towns we grade (386)Safer than 78%
Places of 25,000–100,000 people (1,259)Safer than 96%
Good confidence. Built on 409 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Oak Forest anywhere from A- to A.
How the Safety Grade works
- One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in IL ranking.
- Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
- Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
- Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
- What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025
Oak Forest at a glance
Violent crime
0.3
per 1,000 residents · Illinois 2.6
Property crime
3.4
per 1,000 residents · Illinois 15.6
Incidents reported
101
9 violent · 92 property
Since 2023
▼ 43%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025
Oak ForestIllinois
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Oak Forest property | Illinois property | Oak Forest violent | Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 17.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 17.7 | 0.9 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
54
Burglary
18
Vehicle theft
20
Aggravated assault
6
Robbery
2
Rape
1
Homicide
0
Arson
1
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Oak Forest safe
Local public safety
👮 Oak Forest Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Nearby
Oak Forest and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Forest | A | 0.3 | 3.4 | 2025 |
| Midlothian | C+ | 2.2 | 11.8 | 2025 |
| Country Club Hills | C- | 2.8 | 19.4 | 2025 |
| Orland Park | B+ | 0.1 | 9.9 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Markham.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 26,700, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.