Photo: OhanaSurf · CC BY-SA 4.0Fox River Grove has less crime per resident than nine in ten U.S. towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Violence and property crime split as 0.4 violent crime and 3.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Add to that, on crimes Fox River Grove’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #33 of 339 graded towns in 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 Fox River Grove
Fox River Grove reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Fox River Grove’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Cary (A), Barrington Hills (A). Lake Barrington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fox River Grove’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; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Fox River Grove | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Fox River Grove’s police reported 5 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.4 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 River Grove 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Fox River Grove property | Rest of Illinois property | Fox River Grove violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.4 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.9 | 19.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
18 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.
2 violent and 16 property, as reported to the FBI by Fox River Grove’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Fox River Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Fox River Grove had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Fox River Grove’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Fox River Grove’s own rate (8.8) 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.
Fox River Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River Grove | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Lake Barrington | — | — | — |
| Barrington Hills | A | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| Cary | A | 0.5 | 4.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Barrington has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox River Grove | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Pinckneyville | A | 0.5 | 2.4 |
| Palos Park | A | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| Lebanon | A− | 0.9 | 3.9 |
| Marseilles | B+ | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| Colona | B− | 1.2 | 13.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Fox River Grove’s population (4,881), 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 River Grove. 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 River Grove’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,763 in 2025); our figure for Fox River Grove is 4,881 (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 River Grove
Is Fox River Grove, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fox River Grove reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #33 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.4 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 Fox River Grove?
0.4 violent and 3.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Fox River Grove safer than Barrington Hills?
Barrington Hills reports more crime per resident than Fox River Grove: Barrington Hills grades A for safety and Fox River Grove A. Barrington Hills’s police reported 0.6 violent and 3.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Fox River Grove?
Fox River Grove’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fox River Grove”. 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.