New Lenox, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In New Lenox, IL Summary

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

  • There were 277 total crimes committed in New Lenox in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 978.3 total crimes per 100K people in New Lenox.
  • The overall crime rate in New Lenox is -53.84% below the national average.
  • New Lenox ranks #296 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • New Lenox ranks #4,328 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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New Lenox Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in New Lenox is 978.3 per 100,000 people. That's -53.84% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -51.19% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
New Lenox
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 277 978.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 10.6 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 35.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 15 53.0 289.2 359.0
Burglary 49 173.1 290.5 229.0
Larceny 207 731.1 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 21.2 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 262 925.3 1,715.2 1,760.0

New Lenox 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 New Lenox

15
Violent Crimes
53.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-85.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in New Lenox in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in New Lenox is 53.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,887.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in New Lenox each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -85.24% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -81.68% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In New Lenox

262
Property Crimes
925.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-47.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 262 property crimes in New Lenox in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in New Lenox is 925.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 108.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in New Lenox each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -47.43% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.05% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around New Lenox

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
Orland Park, IL 56,593 637 1,125.6 1,097.3 28.3
Tinley Park, IL 53,256 721 1,353.8 1,244.9 108.9
Downers Grove, IL 49,567 488 984.5 871.5 113.0
Lockport, IL 26,668 176 660.0 592.5 67.5
Homer Glen, IL 24,560 72 293.2 276.9 16.3
Westmont, IL 23,785 263 1,105.7 1,051.1 54.7
Darien, IL 21,599 207 958.4 916.7 41.7
Frankfort, IL 21,108 148 701.2 668.0 33.2
Crest Hill, IL 20,020 218 1,088.9 909.1 179.8

New Lenox SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
9
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
4
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