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Grayslake, IL crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2025 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

Grayslake has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Grayslake is 1 in 145. How does Grayslake fare compared to other communities in Illinois of all population sizes? Grayslake's crime rate is lower than approximately 50% of Illinois communities.

However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Grayslake has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Grayslake 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 Grayslake 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 Grayslake.

For Grayslake, 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 Grayslake than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1636, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Grayslake; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Grayslake Crime Data

total Crime Index

54

(100 is safest)


Safer than 54% of U.S. cities.

Grayslake Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

13

134

147

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.61

6.30

6.91

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.61
2.89
National Median: 4
    Grayslake
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 1,636

in Grayslake

1 in 346

in Illinois

Grayslake Violent Crimes

Population: 21,262
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
6.3
17.15
National Median: 18
    Grayslake
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 159

in Grayslake

1 in 58

in Illinois

Property Crimes

Population: 21,262
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total Unreported Unreported Unreported
Rate per 1,000 Unreported Unreported Unreported

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Grayslake Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
15
28
National Median: 24.5
    Grayslake
    Illinois