Highland Park, IL, 60035 Crime Rates and Crime Statistics

Analytics built by: Location, Inc.

Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 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

Highland Park is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (64%) and also has a lower crime rate than 55% of the communities in Illinois, according to NeighborhoodScout’s analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Highland Park is one in 141 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43. It is for these reasons that Highland Park is ranked as one of the top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.

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

Now let us turn to take a look at how Highland Park 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 Highland Park.

For Highland Park, 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 Highland Park than in most of America. One’s chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1509, 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 Highland Park is below average 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 Highland Park than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 156.

(100 is safest)