North Chicago, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 49% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Chicago, IL shows violent crime at 178.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 564 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 49% 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
178.1/100K violent
564/100K property
-49% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Chicago, IL
Comparable rate records
North Chicago's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Chicago's 178.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Thornton (178.7), Minier (177.3), Bridgeport (179.3), Watseka (179.5). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 24.0% of the 225 Part I offenses reported in North Chicago for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 12.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2022–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 270.7 per 100,000 in 2022 to 178.1 in 2024 (-34.2%). The highest observed value was 270.7 in 2022 and the lowest 151.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
North Chicago sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 178.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Chicago ranks 169 of 506 — above 337 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +78.7% against the cohort median of 99.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 59.6% of reported property offenses in North Chicago, against a cohort median of 70.3%. The remainder is burglary (17) and motor vehicle theft (52). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate North Chicago'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.
North Chicago's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8 Census sq mi, North Chicago logged 21.4 property and 6.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
North Chicago leans on larceny-theft at 45% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,039.
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+17.6%
151.4 → 178.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.2%
681.3 → 564/100K
Property offenses lead North Chicago's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
171
564
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
102
336.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
52
171.5
-
-
Burglary
17
56.1
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
54
178.1
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
44
145.1
-
-
Rape
5
16.5
-
-
Robbery
5
16.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
North Chicago Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2020, 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
North Chicago property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
North Chicago Police Department
Reporting agency for North Chicago NIBRS-participating
North Chicago Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Chicago's 225 reported offenses (3-year span 2022-2024).
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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to North Chicago in population. Their populations run from 28,864 to 31,876, against 30,318 here. Or use our
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North Chicago at 178.1/100K violent and 564/100K property - matched below outside Illinois (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, North Chicago reported 54 violent crimes and 171 property crimes, for a total of 225 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Chicago?
From 2023 to 2024, North Chicago's violent crime rate increased by 17.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.2%.
What is the most common crime in North Chicago?
The most common crime type in North Chicago is larceny-theft, accounting for 45.3% of all reported crimes (102 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: North Chicago 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 North Chicago, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.