Village of Oswego, Illinois
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Accident Reports
- Accident Reports
- Residents may obtain crash reports online or visit Oswego Police Headquarters to request a copy in person. Learn More
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Citizens At-Risk Registration
- Citizens At-Risk Registration
- The Citizens at Risk (C.A.R.) program is designed to allow residents who may be at a greater risk of becoming confused, lost, disoriented, or missing to be registered with the Oswego Police prior to an emergency. There is no fee for registering. To register yourself or a loved one, or for more information about this program, please contact Officer Anthony Snow at 630-551-7365 or asnow@oswegoil.org. Learn More
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Handicap Placards
- Handicap Placards
- The Oswego Police Department issues temporary placards for people with disabilities who are residents of the Village of Oswego. These temporary placards are available at the Oswego Police Headquarters front desk and are good for 90 days. Learn More
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Premise Alert Program
- Premise Alert Program
- The Premise Alert Program (PAP) maintains information on individuals with special needs in the Village of Oswego to inform first responders about individuals' special needs in an emergency. Learn More
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Wildlife Removal
- Wildlife Removal
- Neither the Village nor Kendall County provides wildlife removal services. The County offers a list of organizations and private companies that provide these services on their website. Learn More
Community Survey
The Village of Oswego contracted with an outside research firm to conduct a Community Survey in October 2023, designed to gather information and improve existing programs and services and help determine long-range planning and decisions in Oswego. The information collected will also be used to help Village staff better understand and more effectively respond to the needs of the community.
The 2023 survey results were presented at the Village Board's Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
Methodology from the 2023 Survey Report (page ii of the Executive Summary)
ETC Institute administered a survey to residents of the Village of Oswego during the fall of 2023. The survey was designed to gather information to improve existing programs and services and help determine long-range planning and decisions in the community. The information collected will also be used to help the Village better understand and more effectively respond to the needs of the community.
This is the third survey administered by ETC Institute for the Village; previous surveys were conducted in 2018 and 2016. Methodology The six-page survey, cover letter and postage-paid return envelope were mailed to a random sample of households in the Village of Oswego. The cover letter explained the purpose of the survey and encouraged residents to either return their survey by mail or complete the survey online at oswegosurvey.org.
Ten days after the surveys were mailed, ETC Institute sent follow-up messages to the households that received the survey to encourage participation. The messages contained a link to the online version of the survey to make it easy for residents to complete the survey. To prevent people who were not residents of Oswego from participating, everyone who completed the survey online was required to enter their home address prior to submitting the survey. ETC Institute then matched the addresses that were entered online with the addresses that were originally selected for the random sample. If the address from a survey completed online did not match one of the addresses selected for the sample, the online survey was not counted. The goal was to obtain completed surveys from at least 500 residents. This goal was met, with a total of 527 residents completing the survey. The overall results for the sample of 527 households have a precision of at least +/-4.2% at the 95% level of confidence.
In the most recent survey, conducted in 2023, 89% of residents surveyed who had an opinion indicated that the Village of Oswego is either an “excellent” or a “good” place to live, compared with national and regional averages of 48.5% and 49.4%, respectively. Ninety percent indicated that the village is an “excellent” or a “good” place to raise children. In addition, 85% have an overall feeling of safety in the Village and 81% are satisfied with the overall quality of police services.
Complete survey reports and additional data maps are available below: