Wood Dale, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Wood Dale, IL Summary

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

  • There were 163 total crimes committed in Wood Dale in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,190.7 total crimes per 100K people in Wood Dale.
  • The overall crime rate in Wood Dale is -43.81% below the national average.
  • Wood Dale ranks #332 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Wood Dale ranks #5,094 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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Wood Dale Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wood Dale is 1,190.7 per 100,000 people. That's -43.81% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -40.59% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wood Dale
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 163 1,190.7 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.8 5.0
Robbery 1 7.3 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 51.1 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 14 102.3 289.2 359.0
Burglary 31 226.5 290.5 229.0
Larceny 106 774.3 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 87.7 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 149 1,088.5 1,715.2 1,760.0

Wood Dale 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 Wood Dale

14
Violent Crimes
102.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 14 violent crimes in Wood Dale in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wood Dale is 102.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 977.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wood Dale each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.51% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -64.63% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wood Dale

149
Property Crimes
1,088.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.16%
Below The National Average
  • There were 149 property crimes in Wood Dale in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wood Dale is 1,088.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 91.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wood Dale each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.16% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.54% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wood Dale

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Addison, IL 35,011 362 1,034.0 894.0 140.0
Northbrook, IL 33,610 412 1,225.8 1,208.0 17.9
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
Roselle, IL 22,299 109 488.8 390.2 98.7
Bloomingdale, IL 22,280 325 1,458.7 1,386.9 71.8

Wood Dale SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
8.5
Amenities
9
Education
8
Commute
5
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