The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lindenhurst, IL
Lindenhurst is a village of 15,000 in Lake County, about 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Lindenhurst, IL safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Lindenhurst has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. Every neighborhood in Lindenhurst grades A+.
A+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 962 of 1,000Safer than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
90% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lindenhurst as a whole, and 10% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lindenhurst scores 962.
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 Lindenhurst, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lindenhurst, 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 Lindenhurst
Simple assaults are uncommon. Lindenhurst has simple assaults at a small fraction of the US rate: 2.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Lindenhurst
Every part of Lindenhurst where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Lindenhurst, the northwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Is crime going up in Lindenhurst?
Reported property crime in Lindenhurst has fallen 48% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 3.1 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 55%.
Property crime, change since 2019
LindenhurstUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Lindenhurst. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Lindenhurst
Property, US
2016
+64%
+15%
2017
+51%
+12%
2018
+38%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
-8%
2021
-33%
-10%
2022
+14%
-6%
2023
+16%
-7%
2024
-48%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Lindenhurst
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lindenhurst has about 5.2 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 86% less than the US as a whole and 88% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Lindenhurst is assault, about 44% of the total. It also makes up 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.
How Lindenhurst compares with nearby cities
Lindenhurst has the least crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Two things set Lindenhurst apart: it has 8 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 3.9 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.8 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.3.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower 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 and assault. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 79% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 90% 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.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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 Lindenhurst: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower 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 Lindenhurst
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Lindenhurst about $161 a year per household, 87% 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 $2.4 million a year, or $160 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$65,000
$4
Rape
$190,000
$13
Robbery
$7,500
under $1
Assault
$290,000
$19
Burglary
$46,000
$3
Theft
$93,000
$6
Vehicle theft
$17,000
$1
Arson
$3,500
under $1
Vandalism
$110,000
$7
Total
$820,000
$55
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 Lindenhurst 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. Lindenhurst is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Lindenhurst, IL average a SchoolGrade of B+: 50% of students test proficient, against 34% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Lindenhurst on SchoolGrade
