Crime in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement, Springfield, IL
Springfield Lake Shore Improvement is a neighborhood of 5,360 residents in Springfield · Updated November 2026
Is Springfield Lake Shore Improvement in Springfield safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Springfield Lake Shore Improvement sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. Springfield as a whole grades C. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Springfield Lake Shore Improvement run from A+ to C, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 839 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Springfield Lake Shore Improvement as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Springfield Lake Shore Improvement scores 839.
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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement, Springfield, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement in Springfield, 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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement
Burglary is the exception. Springfield Lake Shore Improvement grades A- for property crime, but burglary grades B-, worse than in the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Springfield as a whole, 48% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement
CrimeGrade™ estimates Springfield Lake Shore Improvement has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 5% more than the US as a whole and 68% less than Springfield as a whole.
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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement is assault, about 29% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices Springfield Lake Shore Improvement; these figures cover Springfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Springfield as a whole, 66% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (66%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (53%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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.
How Springfield Lake Shore Improvement compares with nearby neighborhoods
Springfield Lake Shore Improvement has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Sunnyland has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Springfield Lake Shore Improvement. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Springfield Lake Shore Improvement is safer than 67% of them.
Walkability, night lighting and density in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement
Two things set Springfield Lake Shore Improvement apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and theft runs low here.
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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.77% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement: D- (6 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 crime costs Springfield Lake Shore Improvement
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Springfield Lake Shore Improvement about $975 a year per household, 19% 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 $4.6 million a year, or $860 per resident.
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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement 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. Springfield Lake Shore Improvement is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Springfield Lake Shore Improvement, Springfield, IL average a SchoolGrade of B: 46% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Springfield Lake Shore Improvement on SchoolGrade
