What is the crime rate in Evanston, IL?

In 2025, the Evanston Police Department reported 87 violent crimes and 1,803 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 115 violent and 2,386 property crimes per 100,000 of the 75,562 residents it serves.

Across Illinois the rates were 258 and 1,556.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 115
Property per 100,000: 2,386
Violent crimes: 87
Property crimes: 1,803

Crime reported by the Evanston Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	125	168	2,351	3,159	74,413
2024	107	144	2,045	2,757	74,178
2025	87	115	1,803	2,386	75,562

Violent crimes reported went from 125 in 2023 to 87 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,351 in 2023 to 1,803 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Evanston against Illinois and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Evanston	115	2,386
Cook County	294	2,162
Illinois	258	1,556
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Evanston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Evanston	—	115	2,386
Skokie	2.5 mi	153	2,561
Wilmette	2.8 mi	33	865
Kenilworth	3.1 mi	0	413
Lincolnwood	3.5 mi	123	1,797
Winnetka	4.8 mi	8	466
Morton Grove	4.9 mi	41	1,038
Northfield	5.8 mi	54	643
Niles	6.1 mi	37	1,905

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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