Northbrook, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Northbrook, IL Summary

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

  • There were 412 total crimes committed in Northbrook in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,225.8 total crimes per 100K people in Northbrook.
  • The overall crime rate in Northbrook is -42.16% below the national average.
  • Northbrook ranks #339 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Northbrook ranks #5,222 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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Northbrook Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Northbrook is 1,225.8 per 100,000 people. That's -42.16% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -38.84% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Northbrook
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 412 1,225.8 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2 6.0 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 6 17.9 289.2 359.0
Burglary 112 333.2 290.5 229.0
Larceny 273 812.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 62.5 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 406 1,208.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Northbrook 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 Northbrook

6
Violent Crimes
17.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-95.03%
Below The National Average
  • There were 6 violent crimes in Northbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Northbrook is 17.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 5,601.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Northbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -95.03% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -93.83% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Northbrook

406
Property Crimes
1,208.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.37%
Below The National Average
  • There were 406 property crimes in Northbrook in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Northbrook is 1,208.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Northbrook each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.37% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -29.57% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Northbrook

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
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
Highland Park, IL 30,311 261 861.1 811.6 49.5
Wilmette, IL 26,685 323 1,210.4 1,187.9 22.5
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

Northbrook SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
9.5
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
5
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