Lemont, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lemont, IL Summary

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

  • There were 101 total crimes committed in Lemont in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 576.9 total crimes per 100K people in Lemont.
  • The overall crime rate in Lemont is -72.78% below the national average.
  • Lemont ranks #170 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lemont ranks #2,576 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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Lemont Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lemont is 576.9 per 100,000 people. That's -72.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -71.22% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lemont
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 101 576.9 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.7 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2 11.4 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 6 34.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 19 108.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 56 319.9 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 20 114.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 95 542.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lemont 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 Lemont

6
Violent Crimes
34.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Lemont in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lemont is 34.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,917.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lemont each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.45% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -88.15% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lemont

95
Property Crimes
542.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-69.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 95 property crimes in Lemont in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lemont is 542.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 184.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lemont each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -69.17% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.36% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lemont

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Naperville, IL 150,521 1,456 967.3 883.6 83.7
Bolingbrook, IL 74,177 713 961.2 779.2 182.0
Orland Park, IL 56,593 637 1,125.6 1,097.3 28.3
Wheaton, IL 52,649 311 590.7 541.3 49.4
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Romeoville, IL 41,007 477 1,163.2 1,012.0 151.2
Woodridge, IL 33,387 293 877.6 817.7 59.9
Glen Ellyn, IL 28,175 177 628.2 578.5 49.7
Lockport, IL 26,668 176 660.0 592.5 67.5
Homer Glen, IL 24,560 72 293.2 276.9 16.3

Lemont SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
3
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