CrimeMetric

Crime in Northfield, Illinois

Major crime in Northfield is 58% below the U.S. rate per resident: 84% lower for persons crimes and 52% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
43
58% below the U.S. rate
54% below the Illinois rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
16
84% below the U.S. rate
76% below the Illinois rate
down 7.9% in a year
Property crimes
48
52% below the U.S. rate
51% below the Illinois rate
down 7.4% in a year
Social disorder
34
66% below the U.S. rate
69% below the Illinois rate
down 6.5% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Every crime type in Northfield is near or below the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Northfield for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Northfield

Northfield is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 29; the middle half of residents live where it is between 17 and 98.

Map of Northfield, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5074.7%
  • 50–10025.3%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm56
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am29
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm50
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am27
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Illinois it fell 9.6%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%IL -9.6%-18.0%IL -14.2%
Persons crimes-7.9%IL -14.4%-5.5%IL -6.8%
Property crimes-7.4%IL -8.9%-18.9%IL -15.4%
Social disorder-6.5%IL -12.0%-8.9%IL -8.2%

Change in expected crimes, with Illinois as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Northfield against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,563 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Northfield; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Ayden, NC5,94899
Northfield, IL5,94343

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Northfield has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Winnetka (2 mi), is 31% below Northfield's rate.

Skokie5 mi154
Niles5 mi87
Glenview3 mi54
Wilmette3 mi47
Northfield43
Glencoe2 mi31
Winnetka2 mi29

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Northfield

What are the most common crimes in Northfield?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 14 a year), theft from vehicle (about 11 a year) and shoplifting (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., theft from vehicle stands out most: 30% below the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Northfield's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Northfield has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 5,943. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Northfield, Illinois." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/il/northfield

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100