Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Lake Bluff's overall rate of crime is sufficiently low that NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows the village to be one of the safest in both Illinois and the nation. Lake Bluff's crime rate is just 1 per 1,000 people, which means that a person's chance of becoming a victim in Lake Bluff is one in 793.
Additionally, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Lake Bluff, and we found that the crime rate in Lake Bluff is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Lake Bluff is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Lake Bluff 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 Lake Bluff.
For Lake Bluff, 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 Lake Bluff than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2775, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Lake Bluff compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Lake Bluff is just 1 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Lake Bluff is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
2 |
5 |
7 |
Crime Rate
|
0.36 |
0.90 |
1.26 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
Rate per 1,000 | Unreported | Unreported | Unreported |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |