Harwood Heights, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Harwood Heights, IL Summary

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

  • There were 119 total crimes committed in Harwood Heights in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,399.3 total crimes per 100K people in Harwood Heights.
  • The overall crime rate in Harwood Heights is -33.97% below the national average.
  • Harwood Heights ranks #365 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Harwood Heights ranks #5,762 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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Harwood Heights Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Harwood Heights is 1,399.3 per 100,000 people. That's -33.97% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -30.19% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Harwood Heights
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 119 1,399.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 35.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 47.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 10 117.6 289.2 359.0
Burglary 37 435.1 290.5 229.0
Larceny 69 811.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 35.3 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 109 1,281.7 1,715.2 1,760.0

Harwood Heights 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 Harwood Heights

10
Violent Crimes
117.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Harwood Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Harwood Heights is 117.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 850.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Harwood Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.24% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -59.34% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Harwood Heights

109
Property Crimes
1,281.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 109 property crimes in Harwood Heights in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Harwood Heights is 1,281.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 78.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Harwood Heights each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.17% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -25.27% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Harwood Heights

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Glenview, IL 46,371 631 1,360.8 1,209.8 151.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
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
Niles, IL 29,099 663 2,278.4 2,223.4 55.0
Wilmette, IL 26,685 323 1,210.4 1,187.9 22.5
Elmwood Park, IL 23,028 294 1,276.7 1,107.3 169.4
Deerfield, IL 18,795 195 1,037.5 1,010.9 26.6

Harwood Heights SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
4
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