Lake Villa, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Villa, IL Summary

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

  • There were 52 total crimes committed in Lake Villa in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 605.2 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Villa.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Villa is -71.44% below the national average.
  • Lake Villa ranks #183 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lake Villa ranks #2,705 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 Villa Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Villa is 605.2 per 100,000 people. That's -71.44% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -69.81% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Villa
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 52 605.2 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 69.8 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 10 116.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 7 81.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 32 372.4 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 3 34.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 42 488.8 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lake Villa 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 Villa

10
Violent Crimes
116.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-67.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Lake Villa in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Villa is 116.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 859.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Villa each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -67.58% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -59.75% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Villa

42
Property Crimes
488.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-72.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 42 property crimes in Lake Villa in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Villa is 488.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 204.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Villa each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -72.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -71.50% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Villa

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Round Lake Beach, IL 26,644 262 983.3 900.8 82.6
Vernon Hills, IL 26,629 406 1,524.7 1,464.6 60.1
Libertyville, IL 20,257 125 617.1 533.1 83.9
Lake Zurich, IL 19,650 250 1,272.3 1,211.2 61.1
Antioch, IL 14,907 85 570.2 530.0 40.2
Lindenhurst, IL 14,327 27 188.5 153.6 34.9
Fox Lake, IL 10,749 209 1,944.4 1,693.2 251.2
Hawthorn Woods, IL 9,470 13 137.3 137.3 0.0
Lincolnshire, IL 7,901 76 961.9 898.6 63.3

Lake Villa SnackAbility

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