Lincolnwood is a village of 13,100 in Cook County, about 10 miles northwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Lincolnwood?
Property crime is high in Lincolnwood: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Theft makes up 43% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades D+, and vehicle theft grades B+.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 605 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Lincolnwood as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lincolnwood scores 605.
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.
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 Lincolnwood, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lincolnwood, 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 Lincolnwood
Burglaries run high for a city with a B for property crime. Lincolnwood has 7.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Lincolnwood
Low property crime is the norm across Lincolnwood: 73% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Lincolnwood run from B+ to C-.
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A or B 73%C 27%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Property crime rates and types in Lincolnwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lincolnwood has about 35 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 49% more than the US as a whole and 39% more than Illinois.
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 Lincolnwood, about 43% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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.
Property crime in Lincolnwood and nearby cities
Lincolnwood has more property crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Park Ridge and Morton Grove have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lincolnwood. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Lincolnwood has more property crime than 89% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Lincolnwood apart: it has 100 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 18.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.100 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.18.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 95% of US city residents
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.C+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Lincolnwood: C- (31 of 100).14 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.31% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 69% of US city residents
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 Lincolnwood
Property crime costs Lincolnwood about $3.4 million a year, or $258 per resident and about $738 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$860,000
$65
Theft
$1.0 million
$78
Vehicle theft
$550,000
$42
Arson
$25,000
$2
Vandalism
$930,000
$71
Total
$3.4 million
$258
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
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.
