Arlington Heights, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Arlington Heights, IL Summary

Crime in Arlington Heights research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Arlington Heights over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Arlington Heights:

  • There were 684 total crimes committed in Arlington Heights in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 930.0 total crimes per 100K people in Arlington Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Arlington Heights is -56.11% below the national average.
  • Arlington Heights ranks #279 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Arlington Heights ranks #4,131 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Arlington Heights Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Arlington Heights is 930.0 per 100,000 people. That's -56.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -53.60% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Arlington Heights
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 684 930.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 8 10.9 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 19 25.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 37 50.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 118 160.4 290.5 229.0
Larceny 473 643.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 56 76.1 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 647 879.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Arlington Heights Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Arlington Heights

37
Violent Crimes
50.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 37 violent crimes in Arlington Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Arlington Heights is 50.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,987.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Arlington Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -82.60% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Arlington Heights

647
Property Crimes
879.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.02%
Below The National Average
  • There were 647 property crimes in Arlington Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Arlington Heights is 879.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 113.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Arlington Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.02% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -48.71% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Arlington Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Schaumburg, IL 74,882 1,864 2,489.2 2,398.4 90.8
Palatine, IL 63,960 645 1,008.4 941.2 67.2
Des Plaines, IL 57,218 721 1,260.1 1,139.5 120.6
Mount Prospect, IL 53,523 523 977.2 887.5 89.7
Glenview, IL 46,371 631 1,360.8 1,209.8 151.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
Wheeling, IL 37,251 361 969.1 907.4 61.7
Northbrook, IL 33,610 412 1,225.8 1,208.0 17.9

Arlington Heights SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
9
Amenities
9.5
Education
9.5
Commute
5
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