Rolling Meadows is a city of 23,500 in Cook County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Rolling Meadows?
Property crime in Rolling Meadows is a little lower than in most US neighborhoods: an A, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Theft makes up 62% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 873 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Rolling Meadows as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Rolling Meadows scores 873.
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 Rolling Meadows, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Rolling Meadows, 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 Rolling Meadows
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Rolling Meadows, 68% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Rolling Meadows
Every part of Rolling Meadows where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Rolling Meadows run from A+ to A-.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Rolling Meadows?
Reported property crime in Rolling Meadows has risen 15% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 11 to 12 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Rolling MeadowsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Rolling Meadows. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Rolling Meadows
Property, US
2016
+10%
+15%
2017
+30%
+12%
2018
+11%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+20%
-8%
2021
+10%
-10%
2022
+36%
-6%
2023
+53%
-7%
2024
+15%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Rolling Meadows
CrimeGrade™ estimates Rolling Meadows has about 16 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% less than the US as a whole and 35% less 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 Rolling Meadows, about 62% 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.
Where and when property crime happens in Rolling Meadows
Rolling Meadows has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Rolling Meadows, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 60% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Rolling Meadows and nearby cities
Rolling Meadows has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Rolling Meadows. 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, Rolling Meadows is safer than 64% of them.
Jobs, night lighting and walkability in Rolling Meadows
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Rolling Meadows apart: it has 117 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.117 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
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
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. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 60% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% 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.33% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.10.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 55% 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 Rolling Meadows
Property crime costs Rolling Meadows about $2.5 million a year, or $106 per resident and about $265 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
$390,000
$17
Theft
$1.2 million
$52
Vehicle theft
$210,000
$9
Arson
$27,000
$1
Vandalism
$630,000
$27
Total
$2.5 million
$106
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.
