What the figures say about crime in Port Barrington, IL
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Tower Lakes, 2 miles away, graded A+. Nearby, 21 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade. The FBI holds no crime figures for Port Barrington alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded.
The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Lakes | A+ | 2 mi | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Island Lake | A | 2 mi | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| Fox River Grove | A | 4 mi | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Cary | A | 4 mi | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| Wauconda | A+ | 4 mi | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| Prairie Grove | B+ | 4 mi | 1.2 | 6.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Port Barrington. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Port Barrington.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Port Barrington’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Port Barrington’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Port Barrington’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Port Barrington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Barrington | — | — | — |
| Cuba Township | — | — | — |
| Algonquin Township | — | — | — |
| Wauconda Township | — | — | — |
| Nunda Township | — | — | — |
| Island Lake | A | 0.4 | 4.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Barrington, Cuba Township, Algonquin Township, Wauconda Township and Nunda Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Port Barrington
Is Port Barrington, IL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Port Barrington. Port Barrington has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Illinois towns with a grade are Tower Lakes (A+, 2 mi), Island Lake (A, 2 mi), Fox River Grove (A, 4 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Port Barrington.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.