Homer Glen Determined Safest Place To Live In Illinois, Study Finds

HOMER GLEN, IL — Homer Glen was recently deemed the safest place to call home in Illinois, according to a real estate company that used a series of metrics to determine where residents can find the most comfort in calling home.

The report, released recently by Movoto.com, listed the 10 safest places to put down roots in the state with Homer Glen topping the list. Homer Glen finished atop the rankings ahead of Buffalo Grove, Geneva, Bartlett, and Roselle.

Lisle, Glen Ellyn, Glenview, New Lenox, and Libertyville rounded out the 10 safest spots in Illinois, the real estate website determined.

Researchers used several criteria including the number of murders, violent crimes, property crimes, and total crimes to help evaluate how safe each community is. The crime rates were based on crimes for every 100,000 residents with one being the highest score possible.

The study’s authors determined that Homer Glen was the safest community in the state and reported that residents had only a one in 127 chance of being a victim of a crime. According to data, the study found that there were no murders, no rapes, and four property crimes per 100,000 residents in 2012 when they relied on FBI data to compile the report.

There were 21 assaults, 176 burglaries, 578 thefts, and only eight vehicle thefts per 100,000 that year as well. That means that this place had merely 787 crimes per 100,000 people reported in 2012, the study said.

Village officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Patch on Friday.