Streamwood, IL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 63% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Streamwood, IL shows violent crime at 128.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 706.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 63% 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
128.9/100K violent
706.1/100K property
-63% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Streamwood, IL
Comparable rate records
Streamwood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Streamwood's 128.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bourbonnais (127.6), Mendota (130.6), Highland (130.9), Marengo (131.1). 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 150.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 128.9 in 2024 (-14.5%). The highest observed value was 189.9 in 2022 and the lowest 87.9 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 15.4% of the 311 Part I offenses reported in Streamwood for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 4.2 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.
Position in the state cohort
Streamwood sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 128.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Streamwood ranks 219 of 506 — above 287 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +29.3% 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 counts dominate Streamwood'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.
Streamwood's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.8 Census sq mi, Streamwood logged 33.7 property and 6.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Streamwood leans on larceny-theft at 54% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,599.
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-15.1%
151.9 → 128.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.2%
786.2 → 706.1/100K
Property offenses lead Streamwood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs IL
Property Crime
263
706.1
1711
1664.8
Larceny-Theft
169
453.8
-
-
Burglary
69
185.3
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
25
67.1
-
-
Arson
1
2.7
-
-
Violent Crime
48
128.9
352
277.5
Aggravated Assault
22
59.1
-
-
Rape
18
48.3
-
-
Robbery
7
18.8
-
-
Murder
1
2.7
-
-
Streamwood Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Streamwood property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Streamwood Police Department
Reporting agency for Streamwood NIBRS-participating
Streamwood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Streamwood's 311 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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 Streamwood in population. Their populations run from 35,779 to 38,703, against 37,245 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Streamwood reported 48 violent crimes and 263 property crimes, for a total of 311 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Streamwood?
From 2023 to 2024, Streamwood's violent crime rate decreased by 15.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.2%.
What is the most common crime in Streamwood?
The most common crime type in Streamwood is larceny-theft, accounting for 54.3% of all reported crimes (169 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Streamwood 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 Streamwood, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.