The crimes the grade counts rose 54% per resident in Lincolnwood from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Lincolnwood grades C+ for safety (#228 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. On violence it beats 68% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 26%. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.0 violent crime and 18.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of 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 Lincolnwood
Lincolnwood reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Illinois towns on Lincolnwood’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Skokie (C−), Chicago (D). Niles Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Lincolnwood has 10,936 jobs based in town for 13,039 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 Lincolnwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Lincolnwood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lincolnwood property | Rest of Illinois property | Lincolnwood violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.8 | 19.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 25.3 | 19.8 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 1.2 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lincolnwood | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lincolnwood’s police reported 38 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 Lincolnwood 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.
248 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.
16 violent and 232 property, as reported to the FBI by Lincolnwood’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Lincolnwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Lincolnwood had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Lincolnwood’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lincolnwood’s own rate (7.6) 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.
Lincolnwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnwood | C+ | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| Skokie | C− | 1.9 | 26.1 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| Niles Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Niles Township has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnwood | C+ | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| Minooka | A | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| Plano | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| La Grange Park | A− | 0.4 | 6.0 |
| Lincoln | C+ | 1.9 | 15.1 |
| Hazel Crest | D | 4.7 | 26.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Lincolnwood’s population (13,039), 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 Lincolnwood. 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 Lincolnwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,968 in 2025); our figure for Lincolnwood is 13,039 (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 Lincolnwood
Is Lincolnwood, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lincolnwood reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #228 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 Lincolnwood?
1.0 violent and 18.3 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 Lincolnwood safer than Skokie?
Skokie reports more crime per resident than Lincolnwood: Skokie grades C− for safety and Lincolnwood C+. Skokie’s police reported 1.9 violent and 26.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lincolnwood?
Lincolnwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lincolnwood”. 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.