Buffalo Grove has an overall crime rate of 7 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Buffalo Grove is 1 in 136. How does Buffalo Grove fare compared to other communities in Illinois of all population sizes? Buffalo Grove's crime rate is lower than approximately 46% of Illinois communities. It is for these reasons that Buffalo Grove is ranked as one of the <a href="/blog/top100safest">top 100 safest cities in the U.S.A.</a> However, compared to other communities of similar population size, Buffalo Grove has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Buffalo Grove is actually safer than most according to 蘑菇视频's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data. The crime data that 蘑菇视频 used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 18,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined. Now let us turn to take a look at how Buffalo Grove does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Buffalo Grove. For Buffalo Grove, 蘑菇视频 found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Buffalo Grove than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 2655, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants. Moreover, the rate of property crime in Buffalo Grove; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 7 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.