Crystal Lake, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Crystal Lake, IL Summary

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

  • There were 496 total crimes committed in Crystal Lake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,207.6 total crimes per 100K people in Crystal Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Crystal Lake is -43.02% below the national average.
  • Crystal Lake ranks #333 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Crystal Lake ranks #5,161 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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Crystal Lake Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Crystal Lake is 1,207.6 per 100,000 people. That's -43.02% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -39.75% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Crystal Lake
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 496 1,207.6 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 2 4.9 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 21 51.1 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 43 104.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 42 102.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 381 927.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 30 73.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 453 1,102.9 1,715.2 1,760.0

Crystal Lake 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 Crystal Lake

43
Violent Crimes
104.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-70.84%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 violent crimes in Crystal Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Crystal Lake is 104.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 955.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Crystal Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -70.84% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -63.80% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Crystal Lake

453
Property Crimes
1,102.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-37.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 453 property crimes in Crystal Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Crystal Lake is 1,102.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 90.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Crystal Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -37.34% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.70% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Crystal Lake

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
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
Mundelein, IL 31,876 246 771.7 724.7 47.1
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

Crystal Lake SnackAbility

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