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Crime Index: (100 is Safest)

Crime rates for Prospect Heights, IL

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NAME
1 Euclid Ave / Wolf Rd
2 Palatine Rd / Milwauke...
3 Town Center

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Prospect Heights zip codes60070, 60056, 60090, 60004

popular neighborhoods in Prospect Heights Town Center, Euclid Ave / Wolf Rd, Palatine Rd / Milwaukee Ave

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POPULATION
16,347

Prospect Heights Crime Rates

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CRIME INDEX

72

100 is safest


This city is safer than 72% of the cities in the US.

city Annual Crimes

VIOLENT PROPERTY TOTAL
27 351 378
annual crimes per 1,000 residents
0.74 9.58 10.32




  • Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 4.7
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Prospect Heights
    1 in 1370
  • in Illinois
    1 in 181
0.74
5.52
Prospect Heights Illinois
Prospect Heights violent crimes
Population: 16,347
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA
RATE PER 1,000 NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA
United States violent crimes
Population: 296,410,404
MURDER RAPE ROBBERY ASSAULT
REPORTED TOTAL 16,692 93,934 417,122 862,947
RATE PER 1,000 0.06 0.32 1.41 2.91
  • Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents

  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 34.3
  • MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
  • in Prospect Heights
    1 in 104
  • in Illinois
    1 in 32
9.58
30.80
Prospect Heights Illinois
Prospect Heights property crimes
Population: 16,347
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA
RATE PER 1,000 NO DATA NO DATA NO DATA
United States property crimes
Population: 296,410,404
BURGLARY THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
REPORTED TOTAL 2,154,126 6,776,807 1,235,226
RATE PER 1,000 7.27 22.86 4.17
  • Crimes Per Square Mile

69
104
Prospect Heights Illinois
  • NATIONAL MEDIAN
  • 49.6


About Prospect Heights crime rates

According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime statistics, Prospect Heights is safer than 72% of the cities and towns in the US of all population sizes. In Illinois, only on the order of 30% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Prospect Heights. If you live in Prospect Heights, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in the community is 1 in 97. The US average across communities from the largest to the smallest is 1 in 51.

Compared to other communities of similar population size, Prospect Heights has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Prospect Heights is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Prospect Heights does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Prospect Heights.

For Prospect Heights, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Prospect Heights than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1370, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Prospect Heights is below average compared to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Prospect Heights than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 104.

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