Wilmette, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Wilmette, IL Summary

Crime in Wilmette research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Wilmette over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Wilmette:

  • There were 350 total crimes committed in Wilmette the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,289.4 total crimes per 100K people in Wilmette.
  • The overall crime rate in Wilmette is -44.52% below the national average.
  • Wilmette ranks #410 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Wilmette ranks #4,694 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Wilmette Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Wilmette is 1,289.4 per 100,000 people. That's -44.52% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -35.05% lower than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Wilmette
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 350 1,289.4 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.1 6.3
Robbery 3 11.1 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 7.4 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 10 36.8 425.9 369.8
Burglary 43 158.4 246.4 269.8
Larceny 273 1,005.7 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 24 88.4 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 340 1,252.6 1,559.4 1,954.4

Wilmette Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Wilmette

10
Violent Crimes
36.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Wilmette in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Wilmette is 36.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,714.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Wilmette each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.04% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -91.35% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Wilmette

340
Property Crimes
1,252.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-35.91%
Below The National Average
  • There were 340 property crimes in Wilmette in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Wilmette is 1,252.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 79.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Wilmette each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -35.91% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -19.67% lower than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Wilmette

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Evanston, IL 76,259 2,004 2,627.9 2,450.9 177.0
Arlington Heights, IL 74,648 857 1,148.1 1,075.7 72.3
Skokie, IL 65,185 1,675 2,569.6 2,362.5 207.1
Glenview, IL 47,092 675 1,433.4 1,314.4 118.9
Elmhurst, IL 47,034 132 280.6 197.7 82.9
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,468 276 649.9 612.2 37.7
Park Ridge, IL 36,888 96 260.2 208.7 51.5
Northbrook, IL 32,927 76 230.8 200.4 30.4
Highland Park, IL 30,173 372 1,232.9 1,166.6 66.3
Morton Grove, IL 24,238 343 1,415.1 1,312.0 103.1

Wilmette SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
9.5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
N/A
Amenities
9.5
Education
10
Commute
3
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