Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, Skokie records more property crime than 87% of U.S. towns
Of the 6 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025. Its letter overall is C− (#286 of 339 graded towns in Illinois): more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. By contrast, each year brought 1.9 violent crimes and 26.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (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 Skokie
4 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Illinois towns on Skokie’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: Wilmette (B+), Morton Grove (B+), Niles (C+), Lincolnwood (C+), Evanston (C−), Chicago (D). Niles Township and New Trier Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Skokie has 40,363 jobs based in town for 66,544 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 Skokie’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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
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| Year | Skokie | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Skokie’s police reported 362 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Skokie 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Skokie property | Rest of Illinois property | Skokie violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.6 | 20.5 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 26.1 | 19.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 26.9 | 19.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 25.5 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
1,768 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.
99 violent and 1,669 property, as reported to the FBI by Skokie’s police.
19 people died in crashes on Skokie’s roads in 2019–2023
Skokie had 19 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Skokie and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skokie | C− | 1.9 | 26.1 |
| Niles Township | — | — | — |
| Morton Grove | B+ | 0.5 | 10.5 |
| Evanston | C− | 1.4 | 27.4 |
| Lincolnwood | C+ | 1.0 | 18.3 |
| Chicago | D | 5.2 | 32.8 |
| New Trier Township | — | — | — |
| Niles | C+ | 0.5 | 19.8 |
| Wilmette | B+ | 0.3 | 10.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Niles Township and New Trier Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skokie | C− | 1.9 | 26.1 |
| Arlington Heights | B+ | 0.6 | 8.5 |
| Palatine | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
| Des Plaines | B | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Bolingbrook | B | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| Decatur | D | 6.5 | 26.6 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Skokie’s population (66,544), 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 Skokie. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Skokie’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (65,401 in 2025); our figure for Skokie is 66,544 (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 Skokie
Is Skokie, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Skokie reports more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #286 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 1.9 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 Skokie?
1.9 violent and 26.1 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 Skokie in 2025?
Skokie’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 Skokie safer than Morton Grove?
Morton Grove reports less crime per resident than Skokie: Morton Grove grades B+ for safety and Skokie C−. Morton Grove’s police reported 0.5 violent and 10.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Skokie?
Skokie’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Skokie”. 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.