Photo: author: Joseph E. Lobocki · CC BY 2.0Reported crime per resident in Rolling Meadows fell 25% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Rolling Meadows grades B− for safety (#198 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): close to the middle 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 Rolling Meadows
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Rolling Meadows’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Arlington Heights (B+), Palatine (B+), Schaumburg (C+). Wheeling Township and Palatine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Rolling Meadows has 25,281 jobs based in town for 23,690 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Rolling Meadows’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Rolling Meadows’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (13.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Rolling Meadows’ police reported 63 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 | Rolling Meadows | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
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 | Rolling Meadows property | Rest of Illinois property | Rolling Meadows violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.7 | 20.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 12.7 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 12.5 | 17.1 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 13 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.
312 crimes reported in 2025
16 violent and 296 property, as reported to the FBI by Rolling Meadows’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Rolling Meadows’s roads in 2019–2023
Rolling Meadows had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 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.
Rolling Meadows and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows | B− | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| Schaumburg | C+ | 0.8 | 20.2 |
| Palatine | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Arlington Heights | B+ | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Wheeling Township | — | — | — |
| Palatine Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wheeling Township and Palatine Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows | B− | 0.9 | 13.9 |
| Lisle | A | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| Elmwood Park | B | 1.3 | 11.2 |
| Collinsville | C+ | 2.2 | 15.4 |
| Loves Park | C+ | 3.2 | 12.2 |
| Melrose Park | C | 2.7 | 15.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Rolling Meadows’ population (23,690), 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 Rolling Meadows. 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 Rolling Meadows’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,621 in 2025); our figure for Rolling Meadows is 23,690 (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 Rolling Meadows
Is Rolling Meadows, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rolling Meadows reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #198 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.9 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 Rolling Meadows?
0.9 violent and 13.9 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 crime going up or down in Rolling Meadows?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Rolling Meadows safer than Schaumburg?
Schaumburg reports more crime per resident than Rolling Meadows: Schaumburg grades C+ for safety and Rolling Meadows B−. Schaumburg’s police reported 0.8 violent and 20.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rolling Meadows?
Rolling Meadows’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rolling Meadows”. 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.