Photo: Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois · CC BY-SA 2.0Reported crime per resident in Hoffman Estates fell 32% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Hoffman Estates grades B for safety (#170 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Hoffman Estates
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Hoffman Estates’ borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Inverness (A), Barrington Hills (A), South Barrington (A−), Streamwood (B+), Elgin (B−), Schaumburg (C+). Barrington Township and Palatine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Illinois towns, closer to the middle
Illinois’ cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Hoffman Estates’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 339 Illinois towns we grade, against 64% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Hoffman Estates’ 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Hoffman Estates property | Rest of Illinois property | Hoffman Estates violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 19.6 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 9.9 | 19.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.5 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Hoffman Estates’ police reported 179 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Hoffman Estates | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
366 crimes reported in 2025
38 violent and 328 property, as reported to the FBI by Hoffman Estates’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
18 people died in crashes on Hoffman Estates’s roads in 2019–2023
Hoffman Estates had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 7.0 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.
Hoffman Estates and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates | B | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| Schaumburg | C+ | 0.8 | 20.2 |
| South Barrington | A− | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| Inverness | A | 0.3 | 3.0 |
| Streamwood | B+ | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| Barrington Township | — | — | — |
| Palatine Township | — | — | — |
| Elgin | B− | 2.4 | 9.7 |
| Barrington Hills | A | 0.6 | 3.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Barrington Township and Palatine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Estates | B | 1.2 | 8.5 |
| Wheaton | A | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| Plainfield | A− | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| Downers Grove | B+ | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| Normal | C | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| Oak Park | D | 2.9 | 33.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Hoffman Estates’ population (50,858), by grade.
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 Hoffman Estates. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Hoffman Estates’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (50,564 in 2025); our figure for Hoffman Estates is 50,858 (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 Hoffman Estates
Is Hoffman Estates, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hoffman Estates reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #170 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.2 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 Hoffman Estates?
1.2 violent and 8.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Hoffman Estates?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Hoffman Estates in 2025?
Hoffman Estates’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 Hoffman Estates safer than Schaumburg?
Schaumburg reports more crime per resident than Hoffman Estates: Schaumburg grades C+ for safety and Hoffman Estates B. Schaumburg’s police reported 0.8 violent and 20.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hoffman Estates?
Hoffman Estates’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hoffman Estates”. 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.