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Safety in Chicago

Chicago ranks #78 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 42 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 43rd percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Illinois.

safety score
42
Some Fun
National rank
#78 of 134
In Illinois
#1 of 1
Percentile
43rd

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Chicago sits 8 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Chicago

  1. T#75 Fresno, CA 44
  2. #77 Aurora, CO 43
  3. #78 Chicago, IL — this page 42
  4. T#79 San Francisco, CA 41
  5. T#79 Stockton, CA 41

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Chicago

Chicago scores 56 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: