Photo: Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 4.0For property crime, Elk Grove Village trails 65% of U.S. towns per resident
The graded rate fell 16% from 2023 to 2025. All told, Elk Grove Village grades B− for safety (#214 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 1.4 violent crimes and 15.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.1 and 18.8 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 Elk Grove Village
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Elk Grove Village’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Wood Dale (B), Bensenville (B), Schaumburg (C+), Chicago (D). Elk Grove Township, Schaumburg Township and Bloomingdale Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Roselle reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Elk Grove Village has 54,955 jobs based in town for 31,885 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Elk Grove Village’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Elk Grove Village’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Elk Grove Village | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Elk Grove Village’s police reported 127 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Elk Grove Village property | Rest of Illinois property | Elk Grove Village violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.2 | 20.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 15.5 | 19.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 17.0 | 19.8 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 13.4 | 17.1 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Crime in Elk Grove Village 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
456 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.
34 violent and 422 property, as reported to the FBI by Elk Grove Village’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Elk Grove Village’s roads in 2019–2023
Elk Grove Village had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 towns).
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.
Elk Grove Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Village | B− | 1.4 | 15.2 |
| Schaumburg | C+ | 0.8 | 20.2 |
| Bensenville | B | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| Elk Grove Township | — | — | — |
| Wood Dale | B | 0.9 | 9.6 |
| Schaumburg Township | — | — | — |
| Roselle | — | — | — |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Bloomingdale Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Elk Grove Township, Schaumburg Township and Bloomingdale Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Roselle reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Grove Village | B− | 1.4 | 15.2 |
| Mundelein | A− | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Algonquin | B+ | 0.5 | 9.9 |
| Glendale Heights | B+ | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| O'Fallon | B− | 1.6 | 10.7 |
| Pekin | C− | 4.3 | 21.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Elk Grove Village’s population (31,885), 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 Elk Grove Village. 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 Elk Grove Village’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,583 in 2025); our figure for Elk Grove Village is 31,885 (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 Elk Grove Village
Is Elk Grove Village, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Elk Grove Village reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #214 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.4 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 Elk Grove Village?
1.4 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Elk Grove Village in 2025?
Elk Grove Village’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 Elk Grove Village safer than Schaumburg?
Schaumburg reports more crime per resident than Elk Grove Village: Schaumburg grades C+ for safety and Elk Grove Village B−. Schaumburg’s police reported 0.8 violent and 20.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Elk Grove Village?
Elk Grove Village’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elk Grove Village”. 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.