Barrington, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Barrington, IL Summary

Crime in Barrington research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Barrington 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 Barrington:

  • There were 96 total crimes committed in Barrington in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 922.9 total crimes per 100K people in Barrington.
  • The overall crime rate in Barrington is -56.45% below the national average.
  • Barrington ranks #274 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Barrington ranks #4,097 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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Barrington Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Barrington is 922.9 per 100,000 people. That's -56.45% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -53.96% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Barrington
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 96 922.9 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 9.6 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 19.2 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 38.5 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 11 105.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 20 192.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 54 519.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 105.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 85 817.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Barrington 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 Barrington

11
Violent Crimes
105.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-70.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 violent crimes in Barrington in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Barrington is 105.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 945.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Barrington each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -70.54% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.43% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Barrington

85
Property Crimes
817.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-53.57%
Below The National Average
  • There were 85 property crimes in Barrington in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Barrington is 817.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 122.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Barrington each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -53.57% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -52.36% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Barrington

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Palatine, IL 63,960 645 1,008.4 941.2 67.2
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
Northbrook, IL 33,610 412 1,225.8 1,208.0 17.9
Highland Park, IL 30,311 261 861.1 811.6 49.5
Lake Zurich, IL 19,650 250 1,272.3 1,211.2 61.1
Deerfield, IL 18,795 195 1,037.5 1,010.9 26.6
Winfield, IL 10,137 41 404.5 345.3 59.2

Barrington SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
9.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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