Gurnee, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gurnee, IL Summary

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

  • There were 724 total crimes committed in Gurnee in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,410.0 total crimes per 100K people in Gurnee.
  • The overall crime rate in Gurnee is 13.72% above the national average.
  • Gurnee ranks #455 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Gurnee ranks #7,918 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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Gurnee Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gurnee is 2,410.0 per 100,000 people. That's 13.72% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 20.24% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gurnee
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 724 2,410.0 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.3 5.8 5.0
Robbery 6 20.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 25 83.2 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 50 166.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 59 196.4 290.5 229.0
Larceny 574 1,910.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 41 136.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 674 2,243.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Gurnee 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 Gurnee

50
Violent Crimes
166.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-53.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 50 violent crimes in Gurnee in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gurnee is 166.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 600.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gurnee each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -53.64% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.45% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gurnee

674
Property Crimes
2,243.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
27.48%
Above The National Average
  • There were 674 property crimes in Gurnee in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gurnee is 2,243.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 44.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gurnee each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 27.48% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 30.81% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gurnee

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Waukegan, IL 87,155 1,795 2,059.5 1,614.4 445.2
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
North Chicago, IL 30,318 225 742.1 564.0 178.1
Highland Park, IL 30,311 261 861.1 811.6 49.5
Grayslake, IL 24,339 172 706.7 640.9 65.7
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
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9

Gurnee SnackAbility

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