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Wonder Lake, 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

Wonder Lake is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (66%) and also has a lower crime rate than 62% 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 Wonder Lake is one in 196 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 47.

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

For Wonder Lake, 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 Wonder Lake than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 5296, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Wonder Lake; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 5 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.

Wonder Lake Crime Data

total Crime Index

66

(100 is safest)


Safer than 66% of U.S. cities.

Wonder Lake Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

1

26

27

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

0.19

4.91

5.10

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
0.19
2.89
National Median: 4
    Wonder Lake
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 5,296

in Wonder Lake

1 in 346

in Illinois

Wonder Lake Violent Crimes

Population: 5,296
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 0 0 1
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19

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
4.91
17.15
National Median: 18
    Wonder Lake
    Illinois

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 204

in Wonder Lake

1 in 58

in Illinois

Property Crimes

Population: 5,296
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 6 20 0
Rate per 1,000 1.13 3.78 0.00

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

Wonder Lake Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
5
28
National Median: 24.5
    Wonder Lake
    Illinois