Lindenhurst, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lindenhurst, IL Summary

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

  • There were 27 total crimes committed in Lindenhurst in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 188.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lindenhurst.
  • The overall crime rate in Lindenhurst is -91.11% below the national average.
  • Lindenhurst ranks #67 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Lindenhurst ranks #794 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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Lindenhurst Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lindenhurst is 188.5 per 100,000 people. That's -91.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -90.60% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lindenhurst
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 27 188.5 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 7.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 5 34.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 5 34.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 17 118.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 22 153.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Lindenhurst 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 Lindenhurst

5
Violent Crimes
34.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Lindenhurst in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lindenhurst is 34.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,865.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lindenhurst each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.28% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -87.93% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lindenhurst

22
Property Crimes
153.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-91.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 22 property crimes in Lindenhurst in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lindenhurst is 153.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 651.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lindenhurst each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -91.28% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -91.05% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lindenhurst

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
Highland Park, IL 30,311 261 861.1 811.6 49.5
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
Deerfield, IL 18,795 195 1,037.5 1,010.9 26.6
Antioch, IL 14,907 85 570.2 530.0 40.2
Hawthorn Woods, IL 9,470 13 137.3 137.3 0.0
Lake Villa, IL 8,592 52 605.2 488.8 116.4

Lindenhurst SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
9
Diversity
8
Safety
9.5
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
4
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