Carpentersville, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Carpentersville, IL Summary

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

  • There were 328 total crimes committed in Carpentersville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 890.5 total crimes per 100K people in Carpentersville.
  • The overall crime rate in Carpentersville is -57.98% below the national average.
  • Carpentersville ranks #262 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Carpentersville ranks #3,969 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.

Additional research about crime in Illinois

Carpentersville Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carpentersville is 890.5 per 100,000 people. That's -57.98% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -55.57% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carpentersville
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 328 890.5 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 8.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 24 65.2 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 41 111.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 76 206.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 199 540.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 32.6 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 287 779.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Carpentersville 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 Carpentersville

41
Violent Crimes
111.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 41 violent crimes in Carpentersville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carpentersville is 111.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 898.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carpentersville each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -61.51% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carpentersville

287
Property Crimes
779.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-55.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 287 property crimes in Carpentersville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carpentersville is 779.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 128.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carpentersville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -55.73% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.57% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carpentersville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Elgin, IL 112,879 1,545 1,368.7 1,102.1 266.7
Arlington Heights, IL 73,545 684 930.0 879.7 50.3
Mount Prospect, IL 53,523 523 977.2 887.5 89.7
Hoffman Estates, IL 49,467 565 1,142.2 992.6 149.6
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Bartlett, IL 39,656 166 418.6 390.9 27.7
Algonquin, IL 30,289 375 1,238.1 1,178.6 59.4
Lake in the Hills, IL 28,573 145 507.5 437.5 70.0
Vernon Hills, IL 26,629 406 1,524.7 1,464.6 60.1
Lake Zurich, IL 19,650 250 1,272.3 1,211.2 61.1

Carpentersville SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9.5
Safety
9
Amenities
9.5
Education
5
Commute
4
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