Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Illinois
DeKalb Police Department
Dekalb, IL · ~97 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
DeKalb Police Department runs at 378% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
DeKalb Police Department: 12.1 TCR = 378% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
DeKalb Police Department safety composite
DeKalb Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 12.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 80% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−6.9
2018→2024
DeKalb Police Department injury rate improved
DeKalb Police Department's TCR fell 6.9 from 9.8 in 2018 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=9.8 · 2019=17.5 · 2021=21.3 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Dekalb, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 378% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #81/110
- PHOTO Sheriff's Department
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 34 inj
- SIZE ~97 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sheriff's Department (0.0 TCR gap)
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DeKalb Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
DeKalb Police Department
12.1 TCR
- Sheriff's Depa
Sheriff's Department
12.1 TCR
- City of Azusa
City of Azusa - Police
12 TCR
- CPD-12th Distr
CPD-12th District Police Station | 1412 S. Blue Island Ave.
12 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department
12 TCR
What this shows DeKalb Police Department averages 12.1 TCR (378% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
DeKalb Police Department TCR series: 2018=9.8 · 2019=17.5 · 2021=21.3 · 2022=11.9 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.2
Where DeKalb Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #81 safest of 110 Police departments (except Ame employers in Illinois.
DeKalb Police Department has more employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.9 | 8.7 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 21.3 | 13.8 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IL · Dekalb
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Dekalb, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Sheriff's Department | 12.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Azusa - Police | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CPD-12th District Police Station | 1412 S. Blue Island Ave. | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police Department | 12.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Ieso LLC | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fox Metro Water Reclamation District | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | pan oceanic engineering | 97 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M.I.V | 97 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3842 - UDC-DeKalb | 1,635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3842 - DeKalb UDC | 1,411 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital | 1,067 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 | 940 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | VC - 2150 N Victoria Ave, O | 12.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Metro Transit Transfer Road & Police Department | 12.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 2871 - Oceanside East | 12.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Howard Lake Store | 12.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 570 - Hartford | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CGP Corporate - Walnut Creek | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Hollywood Presby Med Ctr Es | 97 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vallarta Supermarkets #11 | 97 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.