Photo: Smallbones · Public domainReported crime per resident in Carpentersville rose 34% from 2023 to 2025
Weighing it all, Carpentersville earns B+ for safety (#136 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), with less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. One of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. On top of that, the local count comes to 1.1 violent crimes and 6.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 3.1 and 18.9 in the rest of Illinois.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IL” is every other Illinois city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Carpentersville
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Carpentersville’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Barrington Hills (A), Algonquin (B+), West Dundee (B), East Dundee (C). Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Carpentersville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Carpentersville property | Rest of Illinois property | Carpentersville violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.8 | 19.6 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 7.8 | 19.9 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 17.1 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Carpentersville | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Carpentersville’s police reported 127 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Carpentersville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
314 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
65 violent and 249 property, as reported to the FBI by Carpentersville’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Carpentersville’s roads in 2019–2023
Carpentersville had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Carpentersville’s size would see about 10 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Carpentersville’s own rate (1.6) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Carpentersville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpentersville | B+ | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| East Dundee | C | 1.5 | 24.1 |
| West Dundee | B | 1.2 | 9.1 |
| Barrington Hills | A | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| Algonquin | B+ | 0.5 | 9.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpentersville | B+ | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| Hanover Park | A− | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Streamwood | B+ | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| Wheeling | B+ | 0.9 | 8.9 |
| Addison | B | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| Rock Island | D | 5.7 | 25.6 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Carpentersville’s population (37,045), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Carpentersville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Carpentersville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (36,955 in 2025); our figure for Carpentersville is 37,045 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Carpentersville
Is Carpentersville, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Carpentersville reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #136 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Carpentersville?
1.1 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Carpentersville in 2025?
Carpentersville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Carpentersville safer than East Dundee?
East Dundee reports more crime per resident than Carpentersville: East Dundee grades C for safety and Carpentersville B+. East Dundee’s police reported 1.5 violent and 24.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Carpentersville?
Carpentersville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Carpentersville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.