Reported crime per resident in Lincolnshire rose 56% from 2023 to 2025
Per 1,000 residents a year, 0.5 violent crime and 8.3 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. On top of that, on violence it beats 86% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 62%. Its Safety Grade, B+ (#119 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns.
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 Lincolnshire
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Illinois towns on Lincolnshire’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Riverwoods (A), Buffalo Grove (A−), Lake Forest (A−), Vernon Hills (B). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Lincolnshire has 16,695 jobs based in town for 7,963 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Lincolnshire’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lincolnshire property | Rest of Illinois property | Lincolnshire violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 19.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 9.0 | 19.8 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 17.1 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Lincolnshire | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lincolnshire’s police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Lincolnshire 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.
82 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.
4 violent and 78 property, as reported to the FBI by Lincolnshire’s police.
One person died in crashes on Lincolnshire’s roads in 2019–2023
Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lincolnshire’s own rate (2.5) 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.
Lincolnshire and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire | B+ | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| Buffalo Grove | A− | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| Riverwoods | A | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| Vernon Hills | B | 0.8 | 13.1 |
| Lake Forest | A− | 0.3 | 5.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire | B+ | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| Island Lake | A | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Harrisburg | A− | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| South Beloit | B− | 2.4 | 10.9 |
| Paris | C− | 5.2 | 14.4 |
| Silvis | D | 2.4 | 34.1 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Lincolnshire’s population (7,963), 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 Lincolnshire. 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 Lincolnshire’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,025 in 2025); our figure for Lincolnshire is 7,963 (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 Lincolnshire
Is Lincolnshire, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lincolnshire reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #119 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.5 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 Lincolnshire?
0.5 violent and 8.3 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 Lincolnshire safer than Buffalo Grove?
Buffalo Grove reports less crime per resident than Lincolnshire: Buffalo Grove grades A− for safety and Lincolnshire B+. Buffalo Grove’s police reported 0.3 violent and 6.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lincolnshire?
Lincolnshire’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lincolnshire”. 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.