Glendale Heights, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 72% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Glendale Heights, IL shows violent crime at 99.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 991.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 72% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
99.4/100K violent
991.3/100K property
-72% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Glendale Heights, IL
Comparable rate records
Glendale Heights's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Glendale Heights's 99.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Rolling Meadows (99.7), Greenville (100.7), Mokena (101.4), Wood Dale (102.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 149.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 99.4 in 2024 (-33.3%). The highest observed value was 149.1 in 2020 and the lowest 3.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 80.6% of reported property offenses in Glendale Heights, against a cohort median of 70.2%. The remainder is burglary (45) and motor vehicle theft (17). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Glendale Heights sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 99.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Glendale Heights ranks 255 of 506 — above 251 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -1.3% against the cohort median of 100.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Glendale Heights's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Glendale Heights's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.4 Census sq mi, Glendale Heights logged 59.2 property and 5.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Glendale Heights's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 351 offenses; mix index 5,586).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+26.6%
783.1 → 991.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-15.8%
118.1 → 99.4/100K
Property offenses lead Glendale Heights's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
319
991.3
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
257
798.6
-
-
Burglary
45
139.8
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
52.8
-
-
Arson
1
3.1
-
-
Violent Crime
32
99.4
352
277.5
Rape
18
55.9
-
-
Aggravated Assault
11
34.2
-
-
Robbery
3
9.3
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Glendale Heights Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Glendale Heights property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Glendale Heights Police Department
Reporting agency for Glendale Heights NIBRS-participating
Glendale Heights Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Glendale Heights's 351 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Illinois
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How many crimes were reported in Glendale Heights?
In 2024, Glendale Heights reported 32 violent crimes and 319 property crimes, for a total of 351 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Glendale Heights?
From 2023 to 2024, Glendale Heights's violent crime rate decreased by 15.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 26.6%.
What is the most common crime in Glendale Heights?
The most common crime type in Glendale Heights is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.2% of all reported crimes (257 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Glendale Heights figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Glendale Heights, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.