4 Kane County Communities on Top 50 ‘Safest Cities’ List

kanecountyconnects / February 14, 2018 / Comments Off / Communities, Crime and Safety, Homeowners, Kane County Sheriff's Office, Police & Fire, Public Safety, WK-Communities

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A new ranking from the National Council for Home Safety and Security shows that four Kane County Communities have made the list of top 50 safest cities in Illinois.

Campton Hill leads the list, at the No. 3 spot in the state, while Lake in the Hills, Huntley and Geneva earned spots among the top 50. Lake in Hills was ranked 11th, Huntley 25th and Geneva 31st.

The No. 1 safest community in Illinois is Western Springs, population 13,446, which recorded zero violent crimes and 35 property crimes in 2017.

Chicago, incidentally, was ranked 195th out of 206 Illinois cities, with a rate of more than 11 violent crimes and nearly 32 property crimes per 1,000 people.

Statewide, lllinois’ violent crimes per 1,000 places it at No. 35 in the U.S., while its property crimes per 1,000 is enough to push it into the top 20 lowest in that category.

The five least-safe towns on the list were Springfield, Rockford, East St. Louis, Mount Vernon, Lansing and Danville.

To identify the safest cities in Illinois, the NCHSS reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with its own population data and internal research. It eliminated any cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI and removed cities with populations under 10,000.

The remaining cities were ranked based on the number of reported violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape, and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) per 1,000 people. These variables were then weighted, with violent crimes accounting for 1.5 of the total (due to their severity) than property crimes.

SOURCE: National Council for Home Safety and Security Safest Cities in Illinois 2018 report

Illinois’ Safest Cities

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Rank	City	Population	Violent crime	Property crime	Violent per 1,000	Property per 1,000
1	Western Springs	13,446	0	35	0.00	2.60
2	Channahon	12,597	1	34	0.08	2.70
3	Campton Hills	11,390	4	35	0.35	3.07
4	Waterloo	10,284	3	34	0.29	3.31
5	Homer Glen	24,421	6	116	0.25	4.75
6	Lindenhurst	14,408	3	71	0.21	4.93
7	Buffalo Grove	41,511	13	208	0.31	5.01
8	Cary	17,903	20	75	1.12	4.19
9	Lake Forest	19,410	4	112	0.21	5.77
10	Palos Hills	17,578	16	84	0.91	4.78
11	Lake in the Hills	29,022	24	146	0.83	5.03
12	Deerfield	19,176	5	123	0.26	6.41
13	Wheaton	53,848	32	332	0.59	6.17
14	Bartlett	41,600	32	250	0.77	6.01
15	Palos Heights	12,549	2	87	0.16	6.93
16	Winnetka	12,526	5	87	0.40	6.95
17	Chatham	12,497	16	71	1.28	5.68
18	Barrington	10,357	3	76	0.29	7.34
19	Columbia	10,288	1	79	0.10	7.68
20	La Grange Park	13,612	3	105	0.22	7.71
21	Hanover Park	38,402	39	256	1.02	6.67
22	Prospect Heights	16,410	19	106	1.16	6.46
23	Glen Carbon	12,971	6	100	0.46	7.71
24	Burr Ridge	10,863	2	89	0.18	8.19
25	Huntley	26,345	7	213	0.27	8.09
26	Round Lake	18,484	19	133	1.03	7.20
27	Lemont	16,927	6	140	0.35	8.27
28	Carol Stream	40,473	36	306	0.89	7.56
29	Plainfield	43,063	37	330	0.86	7.66
30	Lockport	25,223	22	193	0.87	7.65
31	Geneva	21,864	11	187	0.50	8.55
32	Roselle	23,037	18	190	0.78	8.25
33	Palatine	69,447	37	600	0.53	8.64
34	Troy	10,063	15	73	1.49	7.25
35	Plano	11,358	0	108	0.00	9.51
36	Morton Grove	23,478	11	207	0.47	8.82
37	Lisle	23,063	9	211	0.39	9.15
38	Hoffman Estates	52,177	55	429	1.05	8.22
39	Highland Park	29,737	21	265	0.71	8.91
40	Glen Ellyn	28,282	26	244	0.92	8.63
41	Yorkville	18,752	13	170	0.69	9.07
42	Morton	16,310	14	145	0.86	8.89
43	Des Plaines	58,726	45	537	0.77	9.14
44	Mundelein	31,685	24	292	0.76	9.22
45	Park Ridge	37,805	12	375	0.32	9.92
46	Frankfort	18,822	8	185	0.43	9.83
47	Hinsdale	17,790	5	181	0.28	10.17
48	Arlington Heights	76,077	58	722	0.76	9.49
49	Mount Prospect	54,839	26	565	0.47	10.30
50	Warrenville	13,342	11	132	0.82	9.89

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