Vernon Hills, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Vernon Hills:

  • There were 366 total crimes committed in Vernon Hills the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,369.9 total crimes per 100K people in Vernon Hills.
  • The overall crime rate in Vernon Hills is -41.06% below the national average.
  • Vernon Hills ranks #426 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Vernon Hills ranks #4,935 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 1,369.9 per 100,000 people. That's -41.06% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -31.00% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vernon Hills
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 366 1,369.9 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 6 22.5 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 15 56.1 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 28 104.8 425.9 369.8
Burglary 27 101.1 246.4 269.8
Larceny 296 1,107.9 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 15 56.1 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 338 1,265.1 1,559.4 1,954.4

Vernon Hills Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Vernon Hills

28
Violent Crimes
104.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.66%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Vernon Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vernon Hills is 104.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 954.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vernon Hills each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.66% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -75.39% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vernon Hills

338
Property Crimes
1,265.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-35.27%
Below The National Average
  • There were 338 property crimes in Vernon Hills in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vernon Hills is 1,265.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 79.0 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 -35.27% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.87% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 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 74,648 857 1,148.1 1,075.7 72.3
Glenview, IL 47,092 675 1,433.4 1,314.4 118.9
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,468 276 649.9 612.2 37.7
Park Ridge, IL 36,888 96 260.2 208.7 51.5
Northbrook, IL 32,927 76 230.8 200.4 30.4
Mundelein, IL 31,561 298 944.2 884.0 60.2
Highland Park, IL 30,173 372 1,232.9 1,166.6 66.3
Wilmette, IL 27,144 350 1,289.4 1,252.6 36.8
Libertyville, IL 20,434 47 230.0 200.6 29.4
Lake Zurich, IL 19,571 261 1,333.6 1,277.4 56.2

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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