Cary, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cary, IL Summary

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

  • There were 88 total crimes committed in Cary in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 487.9 total crimes per 100K people in Cary.
  • The overall crime rate in Cary is -76.98% below the national average.
  • Cary ranks #146 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Cary ranks #2,148 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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Cary Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cary is 487.9 per 100,000 people. That's -76.98% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -75.66% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cary
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 88 487.9 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 0 0.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 2 11.1 289.2 359.0
Burglary 18 99.8 290.5 229.0
Larceny 63 349.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 27.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 86 476.9 1,715.2 1,760.0

Cary 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 Cary

2
Violent Crimes
11.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-96.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Cary in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cary is 11.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 9,017.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cary each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -96.91% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -96.17% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cary

86
Property Crimes
476.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-72.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 86 property crimes in Cary in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cary is 476.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 209.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cary each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -72.91% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -72.20% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cary

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Arlington Heights, IL 73,545 684 930.0 879.7 50.3
Mount Prospect, IL 53,523 523 977.2 887.5 89.7
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Crystal Lake, IL 41,074 496 1,207.6 1,102.9 104.7
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
Libertyville, IL 20,257 125 617.1 533.1 83.9
Lake Zurich, IL 19,650 250 1,272.3 1,211.2 61.1

Cary SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
9.5
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
5
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