Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0For violent crime, Round Lake Beach beats 76% of U.S. towns per resident
The local count comes to 0.7 violent crime and 8.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Round Lake Beach’s overall Safety Grade is B+ (#139 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident.
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 Round Lake Beach
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Round Lake Beach’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Round Lake Heights (A), Lake Villa (A−), Round Lake (A−), Grayslake (A−). Long Lake and Venetian Village are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Avon Township and Lake Villa Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Round Lake Beach’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Round Lake Beach | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Round Lake Beach’s police reported 59 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Round Lake Beach 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 | Round Lake Beach property | Rest of Illinois property | Round Lake Beach violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.8 | 20.6 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 19.6 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 9.0 | 19.9 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
231 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.
23 violent and 208 property, as reported to the FBI by Round Lake Beach’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Round Lake Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Round Lake Beach had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.1, 150 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.
Round Lake Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Beach | B+ | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| Long Lake | — | — | — |
| Grayslake | A− | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| Venetian Village | — | — | — |
| Lake Villa | A− | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Round Lake Heights | A | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| Round Lake | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Avon Township | — | — | — |
| Lake Villa Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Long Lake and Venetian Village are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Avon Township and Lake Villa Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Beach | B+ | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| Oak Forest | A− | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Yorkville | A− | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| Batavia | B+ | 0.7 | 8.4 |
| Vernon Hills | B | 0.8 | 13.1 |
| Granite City | D | 6.5 | 24.3 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Round Lake Beach’s population (26,902), 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 Round Lake Beach. 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 Round Lake Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,062 in 2025); our figure for Round Lake Beach is 26,902 (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 Round Lake Beach
Is Round Lake Beach, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Round Lake Beach reports less crime per resident than 69% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #139 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.7 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 Round Lake Beach?
0.7 violent and 8.6 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.
How many homicides were there in Round Lake Beach in 2025?
Round Lake Beach’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Round Lake Beach safer than Grayslake?
Grayslake reports less crime per resident than Round Lake Beach: Grayslake grades A− for safety and Round Lake Beach B+. Grayslake’s police reported 0.6 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Round Lake Beach?
Round Lake Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Round Lake Beach”. 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.