Mount Prospect, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mount Prospect, IL Summary

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

  • There were 523 total crimes committed in Mount Prospect in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 977.2 total crimes per 100K people in Mount Prospect.
  • The overall crime rate in Mount Prospect is -53.89% below the national average.
  • Mount Prospect ranks #294 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Mount Prospect ranks #4,319 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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Mount Prospect Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mount Prospect is 977.2 per 100,000 people. That's -53.89% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -51.25% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mount Prospect
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 523 977.2 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.9 5.8 5.0
Robbery 7 13.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 27 50.4 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 48 89.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 109 203.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 319 596.0 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 47 87.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 475 887.5 1,715.2 1,760.0

Mount Prospect 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 Mount Prospect

48
Violent Crimes
89.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-75.02%
Below The National Average
  • There were 48 violent crimes in Mount Prospect in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mount Prospect is 89.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,115.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mount Prospect each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -75.02% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.99% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mount Prospect

475
Property Crimes
887.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-49.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 475 property crimes in Mount Prospect in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mount Prospect is 887.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 112.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mount Prospect each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -49.58% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -48.26% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mount Prospect

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
Palatine, IL 63,960 645 1,008.4 941.2 67.2
Des Plaines, IL 57,218 721 1,260.1 1,139.5 120.6
Glenview, IL 46,371 631 1,360.8 1,209.8 151.0
Elmhurst, IL 45,206 399 882.6 822.9 59.7
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
Wheeling, IL 37,251 361 969.1 907.4 61.7
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

Mount Prospect SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
8.5
Safety
9.5
Amenities
9.5
Education
8
Commute
5
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