Photo: AlphaBeta135 · CC BY 4.0In Round Lake, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 43% per resident from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 76% of U.S. towns, and less property crime than 75%. Behind the grade sit 0.7 violent crime and 5.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. On top of that, its letter overall is A− (#92 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 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 Round Lake
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Illinois towns on Round Lake’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Round Lake Park (A), Round Lake Beach (B+). Volo, Grant Township and Wauconda Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Long Lake is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
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 Round Lake’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 | Round Lake property | Rest of Illinois property | Round Lake violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.4 | 19.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 19.9 | 0.8 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 4.1 | 17.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell 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 | Round Lake | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Round Lake’s police reported 41 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 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.
87 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.
11 violent and 76 property, as reported to the FBI by Round Lake’s police.
One person died in crashes on Round Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Round Lake had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than 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 Round Lake’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Round Lake’s own rate (1.1) 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.
Round Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Round Lake Beach | B+ | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| Round Lake Park | A | 0.6 | 2.0 |
| Volo | — | — | — |
| Grant Township | — | — | — |
| Long Lake | — | — | — |
| Wauconda Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Volo, Grant Township and Wauconda Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Long Lake is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake | A− | 0.7 | 5.8 |
| Lemont | A− | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| Shorewood | A− | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| Bensenville | B | 0.9 | 10.2 |
| Ottawa | C+ | 2.4 | 14.0 |
| Alsip | C− | 3.0 | 29.0 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Round Lake’s population (18,526), 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. 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’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,645 in 2025); our figure for Round Lake is 18,526 (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
Is Round Lake, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Round Lake reports less crime per resident than 79% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #92 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?
0.7 violent and 5.8 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 Round Lake safer than Round Lake Beach?
Round Lake Beach reports more crime per resident than Round Lake: Round Lake Beach grades B+ for safety and Round Lake A−. Round Lake Beach’s police reported 0.7 violent and 8.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Round Lake?
Round Lake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Round Lake”. 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.