Photo: DosEquis630708 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Fox Lake, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 40% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Police counts work out at 2.8 violent crimes and 13.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Illinois they are 3.1 and 18.8. Across all the graded crimes, Fox Lake lands on C+ (#246 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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 Fox Lake
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Fox Lake’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Spring Grove (A). Volo, Burton Township and Antioch Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Fox Lake’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.5) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fox Lake property | Rest of Illinois property | Fox Lake violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.5 | 20.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 16.9 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 2.7 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fox Lake | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fox Lake’s police reported 92 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.8 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 Fox Lake 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
121 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.
29 violent and 92 property, as reported to the FBI by Fox Lake’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Fox Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Fox Lake had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 18.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 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.
Fox Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Lake | C+ | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| Spring Grove | A | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| Volo | — | — | — |
| Burton Township | — | — | — |
| Antioch Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Volo, Burton Township and Antioch Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Lake | C+ | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| Campton Hills | A+ | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Manhattan | A+ | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Worth | B− | 2.1 | 10.1 |
| Pontiac | C+ | 3.2 | 11.0 |
| Summit | C | 3.2 | 13.6 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Fox Lake’s population (10,849), 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 Fox Lake. 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 Fox Lake’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,916 in 2025); our figure for Fox Lake is 10,849 (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 Fox Lake
Is Fox Lake, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fox Lake reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #246 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 2.8 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 Fox Lake?
2.8 violent and 13.5 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.
Is Fox Lake safer than Spring Grove?
Spring Grove reports less crime per resident than Fox Lake: Spring Grove grades A for safety and Fox Lake C+. Spring Grove’s police reported 0.3 violent and 3.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fox Lake?
Fox Lake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fox Lake”. 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.