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Palos Heights, IL Crime and Crime Rate

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The Palos Heights crime rate is much lower than the Illinois average crime rate and is much lower than the national average crime rate.

Crime Index, #125

Palos Heights, IL	500.66
Illinois	1,746.73
U.S.	1,776.27

The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.

Palos Heights, IL Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Assaults	Burglaries	Thefts	Vehicle Thefts	Arson	Crime Index
2010	Palos Heights, IL	Count	0	0	3	0	9	210	1	1
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	24.3	0.0	72.8	1,697.8	8.1	8.1	502
	Illinois	Per 100,000	5.5	23.6	156.3	249.7	587.6	1,868.9	224.4	NA	1,558
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.8	27.5	119.1	252.3	699.6	2,003.5	238.8	NA	1,610

Palos Heights, IL Hate Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Race	Religion	Sexual Orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	Hate Crime Index
2010	Palos Heights, IL	Count	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
	Illinois	Per 100,000	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	8
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.3	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	23

Law Enforcement Employees Index

Palos Heights, IL	1.97
Illinois	3.29
U.S.	2.81

The law enforcement employees index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the law enforcement employees level in a region. Higher law enforcement employees index value means higher law enforcement employees density.

Palos Heights, IL Law Enforcement Employees by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Officers	Civilians	Law Enforcement Employees Index
2010	Palos Heights, IL	Count	29	26	3
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	234.5	210.2	24.3	2.22
	Illinois	Per 100,000	391.0	278.0	113.0	3.34
	U.S.	Per 100,000	347.8	241.9	105.9	2.95
2009	Palos Heights, IL	Count	30	27	3
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	238.0	214.2	23.8	2.26
	Illinois	Per 100,000	401.0	285.9	115.1	3.43
	U.S.	Per 100,000	352.9	244.2	108.7	2.99
2008	Palos Heights, IL	Count	29	27	2
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	229.4	213.5	15.8	2.21
	Illinois	Per 100,000	409.1	289.9	119.2	3.50
	U.S.	Per 100,000	357.8	247.5	110.3	3.03
2007	Palos Heights, IL	Count	29	27	2
	Palos Heights, IL	Per 100,000	227.5	211.8	15.7	2.20
	Illinois	Per 100,000	417.8	291.1	126.7	3.54
	U.S.	Per 100,000	356.1	244.8	111.3	3.00
2006	Palos Heights, IL	Count	27	26	1
2005	Palos Heights, IL	Count	27	26	1