Lake Villa sees less property crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns
Violence and property crime split as 1.0 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. Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident. Counting crimes Lake Villa’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A− for safety: #71 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 Lake Villa
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Lake Villa’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Lindenhurst (A), Round Lake Heights (A), Round Lake Beach (B+). Venetian Village and Fox Lake Hills are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Lake Villa Township 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 Lake Villa’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lake Villa | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lake Villa’s police reported 26 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 Lake Villa 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lake Villa property | Rest of Illinois property | Lake Villa violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6 | 19.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 17.1 | 1.0 | 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.
35 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.
9 violent and 26 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Villa’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Lake Villa’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Villa had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people 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 Lake Villa’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Villa’s own rate (4.6) 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.
Lake Villa and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa | A− | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Round Lake Beach | B+ | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| Venetian Village | — | — | — |
| Lindenhurst | A | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Fox Lake Hills | — | — | — |
| Round Lake Heights | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Lake Villa Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Venetian Village and Fox Lake Hills are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Lake Villa Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Villa | A− | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Clarendon Hills | A | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| Glencoe | A− | 0.4 | 6.3 |
| West Dundee | B | 1.2 | 9.1 |
| Monmouth | C+ | 2.4 | 12.0 |
| Rock Falls | D | 5.1 | 26.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Lake Villa’s population (8,692), 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 Lake Villa. 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 Lake Villa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,740 in 2025); our figure for Lake Villa is 8,692 (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 Lake Villa
Is Lake Villa, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lake Villa reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #71 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.0 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 Lake Villa?
1.0 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 Lake Villa safer than Round Lake Beach?
Round Lake Beach reports more crime per resident than Lake Villa: Round Lake Beach grades B+ for safety and Lake Villa A−. Round Lake Beach’s police reported 0.7 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lake Villa?
Lake Villa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Villa”. 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.