Rolling Meadows, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Rolling Meadows, IL Summary

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

  • There were 317 total crimes committed in Rolling Meadows in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,373.7 total crimes per 100K people in Rolling Meadows.
  • The overall crime rate in Rolling Meadows is -35.18% below the national average.
  • Rolling Meadows ranks #359 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Rolling Meadows ranks #5,675 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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Rolling Meadows Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Rolling Meadows is 1,373.7 per 100,000 people. That's -35.18% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -31.47% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Rolling Meadows
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 317 1,373.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 1 4.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 73.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 23 99.7 289.2 359.0
Burglary 44 190.7 290.5 229.0
Larceny 236 1,022.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 14 60.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 294 1,274.0 1,715.2 1,760.0

Rolling Meadows 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 Rolling Meadows

23
Violent Crimes
99.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-72.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Rolling Meadows in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Rolling Meadows is 99.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,003.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Rolling Meadows each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -72.24% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.54% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Rolling Meadows

294
Property Crimes
1,274.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.61%
Below The National Average
  • There were 294 property crimes in Rolling Meadows in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Rolling Meadows is 1,274.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 78.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Rolling Meadows each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.61% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -25.72% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Rolling Meadows

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Schaumburg, IL 74,882 1,864 2,489.2 2,398.4 90.8
Arlington Heights, IL 73,545 684 930.0 879.7 50.3
Palatine, IL 63,960 645 1,008.4 941.2 67.2
Mount Prospect, IL 53,523 523 977.2 887.5 89.7
Hoffman Estates, IL 49,467 565 1,142.2 992.6 149.6
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

Rolling Meadows SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
7
Commute
7
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