Lake Zurich, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lake Zurich, IL Summary

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

  • There were 250 total crimes committed in Lake Zurich in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,272.3 total crimes per 100K people in Lake Zurich.
  • The overall crime rate in Lake Zurich is -39.97% below the national average.
  • Lake Zurich ranks #348 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lake Zurich ranks #5,383 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 Zurich Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lake Zurich is 1,272.3 per 100,000 people. That's -39.97% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -36.53% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lake Zurich
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 250 1,272.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 35.6 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 12 61.1 289.2 359.0
Burglary 15 76.3 290.5 229.0
Larceny 213 1,084.0 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 10 50.9 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 238 1,211.2 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lake Zurich 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 Zurich

12
Violent Crimes
61.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-82.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Lake Zurich in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lake Zurich is 61.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,637.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake Zurich each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -82.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -78.88% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lake Zurich

238
Property Crimes
1,211.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 238 property crimes in Lake Zurich in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lake Zurich is 1,211.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lake Zurich each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.18% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.38% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lake Zurich

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
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
Bartlett, IL 39,656 166 418.6 390.9 27.7
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
Deerfield, IL 18,795 195 1,037.5 1,010.9 26.6
Barrington, IL 10,402 96 922.9 817.2 105.7
Hawthorn Woods, IL 9,470 13 137.3 137.3 0.0

Lake Zurich SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
9.5
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
4
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