Editing Oak Park, Illinois (section)

=== Public Safety ===

==== Fire ====
Providing fire protection and emergency medical services, the Oak Park Fire Department currently operates from three fire stations, located throughout the village, Fire Station #1 (headquarters), Fire Station #2 (north), and Fire Station #3 (south) under the command of a battalion chief per shift. The Oak Park Fire Department operates three ALS engines, one ALS truck, three ALS ambulances, one ALS paramedic squad, one command unit, and several specialized MABAS divisional apparatus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oak-park.us/village-services/fire-department |title=Fire Department |date=January 22, 2013 |publisher=The Village of Oak Park |access-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702033925/http://www.oak-park.us/village-services/fire-department |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Fire station locations and apparatus'''
{| class=wikitable
|- valign=bottom
! Engine company
! Truck company
! Ambulance
! Special unit
! Command unit
! Address
|-
| || Truck 631 || Ambulances 612–614 || 618 (pick-up truck), Squad 611, the MABAS Division 11 T.R.T. Unit and MABAS Division 11 Hazmat Unit 1100 || Command Unit 620 (battalion chief) || 100 N. Euclid Ave.
|-
| Engine 602 || || || || || 212 Augusta St.
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| Engines 603 and 604 || || || MABAS Division 11 Air Support Unit || || 900 S. East Ave.
|}

==== Police and Crime ====

The village is protected by the Oak Park Police Department employing roughly 118 officers, with 23 sworn officers per 10,000 residents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oak Park to hire more cops |url=https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/2-13-2018/Oak-Park--to-hire-more-cops/ |work=www.oakpark.com |access-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702203701/https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/2-13-2018/Oak-Park--to-hire-more-cops/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, Oak Park's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents was 298, 28% lower than that of Illinois as a whole. The reported property crime rate, at 3,047, was 50% higher.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Crime in the United States - Table 8 - Illinois - Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/illinois.xls |website=FBI Criminal Justice Information Servies Division |access-date=September 15, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006132917/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/illinois.xls |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Crime in the United States - Table 4 - Crime in the United States by Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2018–2019 |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-4 |website=FBI Criminal Justice Information Servies Division |access-date=September 15, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927180707/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-4 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020 the village experienced a ten percent increase in reported crimes, including more thefts, robberies, and aggravated assaults/batteries, but fewer burglaries, compared to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police release 2020 crime statistics |url=https://www.oak-park.us/newsletters/marchapril-2021/police-release-2020-crime-statistics |website=Village of Oak Park |date=February 25, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916040955/https://www.oak-park.us/newsletters/marchapril-2021/police-release-2020-crime-statistics |url-status=live }}</ref>