Crime & Safety
Pingree Grove SafeWise safety ranking: 2025 result and 2026 update
Pingree Grove, Kane County, Illinois
At a glance
Pingree Grove placed second in SafeWise’s 2025 Illinois safest-cities ranking. The publisher’s 2026 Illinois list places it third. These are dated rankings based on the publisher’s selected crime data and methodology, not a guarantee of safety or a Cambridge Lakes-only crime rate. Compare the reporting period and geography before applying either result to a neighborhood.
Editorially updated . Individual source dates and limits appear below.
Key Takeaways
- •Pingree Grove placed No. 2 in SafeWise’s 2025 Illinois ranking.
- •SafeWise’s 2026 Illinois list places Pingree Grove No. 3.
- •A village ranking does not establish a Cambridge Lakes-only crime rate.
- •The sources establish reported rankings, not the causes of crime trends.
Historical ranking updated October 5, 2026. SafeWise’s annual rankings describe selected reported crime measures for a specific edition. They do not certify that a village or individual neighborhood is free of crime.
Where did Pingree Grove rank in 2025 and 2026?
| SafeWise Illinois edition | Pingree Grove position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No. 2 | Publisher’s 2025 report preserved by Choose Cary |
| 2026 | No. 3 | SafeWise’s current Illinois report |
The village’s own 2025 State of the Village presentation, slide 5 also reports its move to second place in Illinois. The current publisher page has changed to the 2026 edition; that does not erase the separate 2025 result.
What do the crime figures measure?
The 2025 publisher report lists 0.00 violent crimes and 0.79 property crimes per 1,000 residents for Pingree Grove. Those figures belong to that report’s data and reporting period. They are not a running count of incidents occurring today.
SafeWise’s rankings use reported crime and population data under its own selection and ranking methodology. Changes in reporting, population, included jurisdictions and the underlying period affect comparisons. A ranking is a comparative summary, not proof of why a crime rate changed.
Does this establish Cambridge Lakes crime levels?
No. A villagewide ranking is not a Cambridge Lakes-only crime rate. The Cambridge Lakes community guide explains the limits of neighborhood data and separates association issues from police records.
For a more specific question, identify the geography, dates and type of incident. Use Pingree Grove police annual reports and ask the appropriate records custodian for data with clear definitions. Do not compare a partial year with an entire year as though they were equivalent.
What changed in this article?
The 2025 ranking is retained as historical information, with the 2026 result clearly distinguished. This revision removes an unnamed official’s quotation and unsupported explanations crediting particular policing practices for the ranking. The cited sources establish the ranking, not those causal claims.
The Flock camera records guide separately tracks the documented camera-program approval and policy questions. It does not infer that cameras caused this ranking.
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