Few U.S. towns record less crime per resident than Hawthorn Woods
That puts it at A+ for safety, judged on crimes Hawthorn Woods’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #1 of 339 graded towns in Illinois. What’s more, typical years here bring 0.1 violent crime plus 1.0 incident of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.1 plus 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. On violence it beats 98% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 98%.
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 Hawthorn Woods
Hawthorn Woods reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 7 Illinois towns on Hawthorn Woods’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Mundelein (A−), Kildeer (A−), Lake Zurich (B). Forest Lake is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Fremont Township, Ela Township and Long Grove have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hawthorn Woods’ 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 | Hawthorn Woods | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hawthorn Woods’ police reported 2 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.1 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 Hawthorn Woods 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 | Hawthorn Woods property | Rest of Illinois property | Hawthorn Woods violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.1 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 17.1 | 0.2 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
7 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 5 property, as reported to the FBI by Hawthorn Woods’ police.
One person died in crashes on Hawthorn Woods’s roads in 2019–2023
Hawthorn Woods had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hawthorn Woods’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hawthorn Woods’s own rate (2.2) 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.
Hawthorn Woods and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Woods | A+ | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Lake Zurich | B | 1.0 | 10.7 |
| Forest Lake | — | — | — |
| Fremont Township | — | — | — |
| Ela Township | — | — | — |
| Mundelein | A− | 0.6 | 6.4 |
| Kildeer | A− | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| Long Grove | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Forest Lake is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Fremont Township, Ela Township and Long Grove have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Woods | A+ | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| LaSalle | A | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Itasca | A− | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| Harvard | B+ | 1.2 | 6.9 |
| Peru | C+ | 1.6 | 17.4 |
| Sauk Village | C | 3.8 | 13.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hawthorn Woods’ population (9,679), 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 Hawthorn Woods. 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 Hawthorn Woods’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,711 in 2025); our figure for Hawthorn Woods is 9,679 (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 Hawthorn Woods
Is Hawthorn Woods, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hawthorn Woods reports less crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, an A+ Safety Grade and #1 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.1 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 Hawthorn Woods?
0.1 violent and 1.0 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 Hawthorn Woods safer than Lake Zurich?
Lake Zurich reports more crime per resident than Hawthorn Woods: Lake Zurich grades B for safety and Hawthorn Woods A+. Lake Zurich’s police reported 1.0 violent and 10.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hawthorn Woods?
Hawthorn Woods’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hawthorn Woods”. 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.