Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Lake Bluff is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (60%) and also has a lower crime rate than 53% of the communities in Illinois, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Lake Bluff is one in 101 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 40.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Lake Bluff has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Lake Bluff is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Lake Bluff does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Lake Bluff.
For Lake Bluff, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Lake Bluff than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 5562, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
Moreover, the rate of property crime in Lake Bluff; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 10 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
1 |
54 |
55 |
Crime Rate
|
0.18 |
9.71 |
9.89 |
Crime | |
---|---|
Lake Bluff | 0.18 |
Illinois | 4.07 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 16,425 | 139,815 | 267,988 | 821,182 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.05 | 0.43 | 0.82 | 2.50 |
Crime | |
---|---|
Lake Bluff | 9.71 |
Illinois | 18.46 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 3 | 48 | 3 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.54 | 8.63 | 0.54 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 1,117,696 | 5,086,096 | 721,885 |
Rate per 1,000 | 3.41 | 15.50 | 2.20 |
Crime | |
---|---|
Lake Bluff | 14 |
Illinois | 31 |