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Safety in Wauconda Township · Not graded

Crime in Wauconda Township: the figures, without a grade

There are no FBI figures for Wauconda Township by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from. Wauconda has a Safety Grade of A+; no graded town is nearer.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Illinois towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
WaucondaA+2 mi0.61.5
Island LakeA2 mi0.44.5
Tower LakesA+4 mi0.00.3
LakemoorB4 mi1.211.1
Prairie GroveB+5 mi1.26.7
Round LakeA−5 mi0.75.8

Straight-line distance from the center of Wauconda Township. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wauconda Township.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

20 people died in crashes on Wauconda Township’s roads in 2019–2023

Wauconda Township had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.

That is 16.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people (6.8, 412 towns).

20
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
1
cyclist among them
16.7
per 100,000 a year · Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000: 6.8

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.

Next door

Wauconda Township and its neighbors

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Fremont Township———
Grant Township———
Nunda Township———
Cuba Township———
McHenry Township———
WaucondaA+0.61.5
Volo———
Port Barrington———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fremont Township, Grant Township, Nunda Township, Cuba Township, McHenry Township, Volo and Port Barrington 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.

How to read these numbers

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 Wauconda Township

Is Wauconda Township, IL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Wauconda Township. Wauconda Township 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 Wauconda (A+, 2 mi), Island Lake (A, 2 mi), Tower Lakes (A+, 4 mi).

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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.