Vernon Hills, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Vernon Hills, IL Summary

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

  • There were 406 total crimes committed in Vernon Hills in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,524.7 total crimes per 100K people in Vernon Hills.
  • The overall crime rate in Vernon Hills is -28.06% below the national average.
  • Vernon Hills ranks #374 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Vernon Hills ranks #6,095 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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Vernon Hills Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Vernon Hills is 1,524.7 per 100,000 people. That's -28.06% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -23.93% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vernon Hills
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 406 1,524.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 2 7.5 5.8 5.0
Robbery 3 11.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 26.3 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 16 60.1 289.2 359.0
Burglary 37 138.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 340 1,276.8 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 13 48.8 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 390 1,464.6 1,715.2 1,760.0

Vernon Hills 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 Vernon Hills

16
Violent Crimes
60.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-83.26%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Vernon Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vernon Hills is 60.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,664.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vernon Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -83.26% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -79.22% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vernon Hills

390
Property Crimes
1,464.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-16.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 390 property crimes in Vernon Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vernon Hills is 1,464.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 68.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Vernon Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -16.79% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.61% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Vernon Hills

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
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,283 312 737.9 716.6 21.3
Park Ridge, IL 37,379 353 944.4 848.1 96.3
Northbrook, IL 33,610 412 1,225.8 1,208.0 17.9
Mundelein, IL 31,876 246 771.7 724.7 47.1
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
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

Vernon Hills SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
9
Amenities
9
Education
8.5
Commute
5
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