The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Glenview, IL
Glenview is a village of 44,300 in Cook County, about 16 miles northwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Glenview, IL safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Glenview has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Glenview run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 885 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Glenview as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Glenview scores 885.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Glenview, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Glenview, 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 in Glenview
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B+ in Glenview, worse than in the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live, against A for property crime as a whole.
Car thefts are uncommon. Glenview has car thefts at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.61 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Glenview
Every part of Glenview where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Glenview run from A+ to B+; 92% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Glenview, the southeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Glenview?
Reported crime in Glenview has risen since 2019: violent crime is up 40% and property crime up 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.1 to 1.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 8.4 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 25%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GlenviewUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Glenview. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Glenview
Violent, US
Property, Glenview
Property, US
2016
-19%
+4%
+54%
+15%
2017
-30%
+4%
+44%
+12%
2018
-30%
+0%
+21%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
+4%
+3%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
+32%
-10%
2022
+12%
+5%
+57%
-6%
2023
+43%
+2%
+88%
-7%
2024
+40%
-4%
+42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Glenview
CrimeGrade™ estimates Glenview has about 22 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 40% less than the US as a whole and 47% less than Illinois.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Glenview, about 37% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Glenview
Glenview has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Glenview, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 54% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (40%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Glenview compares with nearby cities
Glenview has more crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities. Northfield and Northbrook have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Glenview
One thing sets Glenview apart: it has 3.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
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
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 75% 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 and assault. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Glenview: C- (25 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.21% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 59% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 58% 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 crime costs Glenview
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Glenview about $552 a year per household, 54% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $20 million a year, or $460 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$210,000
$5
Rape
$1.0 million
$23
Robbery
$130,000
$3
Assault
$3.5 million
$79
Burglary
$1.0 million
$23
Theft
$1.6 million
$36
Vehicle theft
$410,000
$9
Arson
$66,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$24
Total
$9.0 million
$203
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Glenview means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Glenview, IL average a SchoolGrade of A+: 66% of students test proficient, against 49% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Glenview on SchoolGrade
