Island Lake, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Island Lake, IL Summary

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

  • There were 47 total crimes committed in Island Lake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 589.1 total crimes per 100K people in Island Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Island Lake is -72.20% below the national average.
  • Island Lake ranks #176 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Island Lake ranks #2,638 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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Island Lake Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Island Lake is 589.1 per 100,000 people. That's -72.20% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -70.61% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Island Lake
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 47 589.1 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 12.5 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 5 62.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 5 62.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 33 413.6 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 50.1 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 42 526.4 1,715.2 1,760.0

Island 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 Island Lake

5
Violent Crimes
62.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-82.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Island Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Island Lake is 62.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,595.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Island Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -82.54% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.33% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Island Lake

42
Property Crimes
526.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-70.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 42 property crimes in Island Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Island Lake is 526.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 190.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Island Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -70.09% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -69.31% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Island Lake

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
Vernon Hills, IL 26,629 406 1,524.7 1,464.6 60.1
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
Cary, IL 18,035 88 487.9 476.9 11.1
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9
Wauconda, IL 13,866 32 230.8 137.0 93.8
Hawthorn Woods, IL 9,470 13 137.3 137.3 0.0

Island Lake SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
3
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