Grayslake, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Grayslake, IL Summary

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

  • There were 172 total crimes committed in Grayslake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 706.7 total crimes per 100K people in Grayslake.
  • The overall crime rate in Grayslake is -66.65% below the national average.
  • Grayslake ranks #216 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Grayslake ranks #3,198 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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Grayslake Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Grayslake is 706.7 per 100,000 people. That's -66.65% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -64.74% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Grayslake
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 172 706.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 6 24.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 16 65.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 40 164.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 98 402.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 18 74.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 156 640.9 1,715.2 1,760.0

Grayslake 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 Grayslake

16
Violent Crimes
65.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-81.69%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Grayslake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Grayslake is 65.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,521.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Grayslake each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -81.69% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -77.27% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Grayslake

156
Property Crimes
640.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-63.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 156 property crimes in Grayslake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Grayslake is 640.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 156.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Grayslake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -63.58% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -62.63% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Grayslake

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
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
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
Gurnee, IL 30,041 724 2,410.0 2,243.6 166.4
Round Lake Beach, IL 26,644 262 983.3 900.8 82.6
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
Round Lake, IL 18,344 125 681.4 599.7 81.8
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9

Grayslake SnackAbility

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