Lake Bluff, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Bluff, IL Summary

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

  • There were 48 total crimes committed in Lake Bluff in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 871.3 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Bluff.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Bluff is -58.89% below the national average.
  • Lake Bluff ranks #258 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lake Bluff ranks #3,893 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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Lake Bluff Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Bluff is 871.3 per 100,000 people. That's -58.89% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -56.53% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Bluff
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 48 871.3 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 18.2 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 2 36.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 13 236.0 290.5 229.0
Larceny 33 599.0 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 46 835.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lake Bluff 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 Lake Bluff

2
Violent Crimes
36.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-89.89%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Lake Bluff in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Bluff is 36.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,754.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Bluff each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -89.89% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -87.45% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Bluff

46
Property Crimes
835.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-52.56%
Below The National Average
  • There were 46 property crimes in Lake Bluff in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Bluff is 835.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 119.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Bluff each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -52.56% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -51.32% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Bluff

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
Glenview, IL 46,371 631 1,360.8 1,209.8 151.0
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
North Chicago, IL 30,318 225 742.1 564.0 178.1
Highland Park, IL 30,311 261 861.1 811.6 49.5
Wilmette, IL 26,685 323 1,210.4 1,187.9 22.5
Libertyville, IL 20,257 125 617.1 533.1 83.9

Lake Bluff SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
9.5
Amenities
8
Education
10
Commute
5
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