Skokie, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Skokie, IL Summary

Crime in Skokie research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Skokie over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Skokie:

  • There were 1,675 total crimes committed in Skokie the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,569.6 total crimes per 100K people in Skokie.
  • The overall crime rate in Skokie is 10.56% above the national average.
  • Skokie ranks #523 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Skokie ranks #7,587 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Skokie Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Skokie is 2,569.6 per 100,000 people. That's 10.56% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 29.43% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Skokie
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,675 2,569.6 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 1 1.5 9.1 6.3
Robbery 32 49.1 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 79 121.2 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 135 207.1 425.9 369.8
Burglary 220 337.5 246.4 269.8
Larceny 1,221 1,873.1 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 99 151.9 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 1,540 2,362.5 1,559.4 1,954.4

Skokie Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Skokie

135
Violent Crimes
207.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-44.00%
Below The National Average
  • There were 135 violent crimes in Skokie in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Skokie is 207.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 482.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Skokie each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -44.00% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -51.37% lower than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Skokie

1,540
Property Crimes
2,362.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
20.88%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,540 property crimes in Skokie in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Skokie is 2,362.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 42.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Skokie each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 20.88% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 51.50% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Skokie

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Evanston, IL 76,259 2,004 2,627.9 2,450.9 177.0
Glenview, IL 47,092 675 1,433.4 1,314.4 118.9
Elmhurst, IL 47,034 132 280.6 197.7 82.9
Buffalo Grove, IL 42,468 276 649.9 612.2 37.7
Park Ridge, IL 36,888 96 260.2 208.7 51.5
Northbrook, IL 32,927 76 230.8 200.4 30.4
Highland Park, IL 30,173 372 1,232.9 1,166.6 66.3
Niles, IL 29,784 749 2,514.8 2,410.7 104.1
Wilmette, IL 27,144 350 1,289.4 1,252.6 36.8
Morton Grove, IL 24,238 343 1,415.1 1,312.0 103.1

Skokie SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
10
Safety
8.5
Amenities
10
Education
8.5
Commute
6
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