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Highland Park

Highland Park, Illinois crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
48,927
Highland Park covered by 14 underlying areas.
Violent crime
0.5 / 1k
Violent crime moved down by 0.2 / 1k from 0.7 / 1k in 2021 to 0.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
8.2 / 1k
Property crime has increased 22% since 2021.
Market rent
$2,782
Market rent has increased 6% since 2024. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Highland Park is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

50/100

Scores in the 50th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

71/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 71st percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

59/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 59th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Highland Park compared with Illinois

Highland Park city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

0.5 / 1k

3.6 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

8.2 / 1k

20.2 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$2,782

$1,807 state

Permits 12M

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0 state