Gross Point, Wilmette, IL Property Crime Rates and Maps

Gross Point is a neighborhood of 7,140 residents in Wilmette, close to downtown · Updated November 2026

How common is property crime in Gross Point?

Gross Point earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 50% of Americans live. Theft makes up 48% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A+. Wilmette as a whole grades A- for property crime.

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Property crime CrimeGrade™Safety score 823 of 1,000
About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhood What this means

50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Gross Point as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gross Point scores 823.

Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.

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Overall crimeSafety score 921 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoods
A+
Violent crimeSafety score 978 of 1,000Less violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Property crime map of Gross Point

Map of Gross Point shaded by property crime CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Gross Point, Wilmette, IL at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gross Point in Wilmette, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.

Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports


What stands out about property crime in Gross Point

Burglaries run high for a neighborhood with an A for property crime. Gross Point has 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.3.

Theft runs low. Gross Point has 4.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.


Property crime rates and types in Gross Point

CrimeGrade™ estimates Gross Point has about 10 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 31% less than Wilmette as a whole.

All property crime

Burglary

Vehicle theft

Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.

Theft is the most common property crime in Gross Point, about 48% of the total, followed by burglary and vandalism.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
BurglaryB+192.72.4
TheftB+344.813.1
Vehicle theftA+10.182.7
ArsonA+under 1under 0.010.12
VandalismA162.35.5

Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.

Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.


Where and when property crime happens in Wilmette

The Wilmette Police Department polices Gross Point; these figures cover Wilmette as a whole, 2022 to 2024.

In Wilmette as a whole, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 43% of them, against 27% nationally.

CrimeMost often atBusiest time
BurglaryHomes (45%)Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theftStreets and sidewalks (43%)Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from carsStreets and sidewalks (45%)Morning (6 am to noon)
VandalismHomes (27%)Morning (6 am to noon)

Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.


Property crime in Gross Point and nearby neighborhoods

Gross Point has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.

Nearby neighborhoods

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Gross PointA-823A7,140
Central Street Merchant District 1 mileB682A7,500
Downtown 3 milesB-584A-17,800
South Evanston 4 milesC430B+17,200
West Ridge 5 milesF0C64,200
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Rogers Park 6 milesF0D-55,800
Sauganash 6 milesB657A-6,860
Forest Glen 6 milesB665A-12,600
Granville Gardens 6 milesF0D15,100
North Park 6 milesB-548B18,200
Edison Park 7 milesB+765A13,300

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Gross Point. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Gross Point is safer than 85% of them.

Neighborhoods of similar size and density

PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Gross PointA-823A7,140
Eldorado Village, Largo, FLA-818A-7,130
Vintage, Napa, CAA-806A-7,130
Barnaby Woods, Washington, DCA-773A-7,150
University Square, Tampa, FLA-771B-7,160
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PlacePropertyOverallResidents
Downtown Annapolis, Annapolis, MDB658B7,120
Townsite, Henderson, NVB-550B-7,140
Campus Farm, Tucson, AZC-356C+7,110
Aurora Knolls-Hutchinson Heights, Aurora, COD+292C+7,170
South Central, Raleigh, NCF57F7,160
Oak Forest, Charlotte, NCF0F7,110

Shops, jobs and walkability in Gross Point

Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Gross Point apart: it has 2.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and car theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.

Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.2.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.10 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 89% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 50% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (30 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 57% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.18% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods

These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.


What property crime costs Gross Point

Property crime costs Gross Point about $490,000 a year, or $68 per resident and about $197 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.

Cost of property crime per resident, per year


How CrimeGrade™ works

The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.

It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.

The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.

Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.

Where the numbers come from

  • Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
  • State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • Published research on what crime costs victims and communities

These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.

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