Data on this report is based on areas within the legal city boundary, outlined in black on the map. Any additional neighborhoods shown on the map are associated with the city by name and are included for reference only.
Raw data sources:
18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually.
Where is 2025 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….
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According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Oswego is safer than 62% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Illinois, only on the order of 41% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Oswego. If you live in Oswego, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 175. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 47. It is for these reasons that Oswego is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Oswego has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Oswego 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 Oswego 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 Oswego.
For Oswego, 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 Oswego than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2983, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Oswego; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 5 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
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FAQ on NeighborhoodScout's Crime Data
NeighborhoodScout® provides exclusive crime risk analytics for every neighborhood in America with up to 98% predictive accuracy. Crime risk indices are nationally comparable on a 1 – 100 scale, where 100 means safer than 100% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Crime risk data are updated annually. Raw crime incidents are sourced from all 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies – municipal, county, transit, park, port, university, tribal and more, assigned to localities, then built into NeighborhoodScout’s proprietary predictive models to provide a comprehensive crime risk profile for every neighborhood and address-vicinity in the U.S.
