The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Streamwood, IL
Streamwood is a village of 39,900 in Cook County, about 30 miles west of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Streamwood, IL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Streamwood is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Streamwood sits near the middle: 58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
A
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 871 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Streamwood as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Streamwood scores 871.
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 Streamwood, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Streamwood, 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 Streamwood
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades B- in Streamwood, worse than in the neighborhoods where 83% of Americans live, against A for violent crime as a whole.
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Streamwood, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.65 car thefts and 0.58 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Streamwood
Every part of Streamwood where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Streamwood run from A to A-; 90% 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 Streamwood, the northwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Streamwood?
Reported crime in Streamwood has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 16% and property crime down 35%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.5 to 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 11 to 6.9 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
StreamwoodUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Streamwood. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Streamwood
Violent, US
Property, Streamwood
Property, US
2016
-20%
+4%
+33%
+15%
2017
-15%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-21%
+0%
-16%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-1%
+4%
-11%
-8%
2021
-22%
+6%
-24%
-10%
2022
+24%
+5%
-23%
-6%
2023
+0%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
-16%
-4%
-35%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Streamwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Streamwood has about 18 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 52% less than the US as a whole and 58% 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 Streamwood is assault, about 40% 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 Streamwood
Streamwood has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Streamwood, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 66% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (39%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (66%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (64%)
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 Streamwood compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Streamwood, 9 have less crime. Wayne and South Barrington have the least.
Two things set Streamwood apart: it has 17 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 5.3 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.17 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 90% 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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 57% 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.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 87% 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 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 63% 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 Streamwood
Crime costs Streamwood about $529 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 56% 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 $19 million a year, or $482 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$570,000
$14
Rape
$1.1 million
$27
Robbery
$200,000
$5
Assault
$2.5 million
$64
Burglary
$640,000
$16
Theft
$910,000
$23
Vehicle theft
$400,000
$10
Arson
$23,000
$1
Vandalism
$910,000
$23
Total
$7.3 million
$183
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 Streamwood 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. Streamwood 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 Streamwood, IL average a SchoolGrade of C: 41% of students test proficient, against 25% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Streamwood on SchoolGrade
