Highwood Police Department

Highwood Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Highwood in Lake County, Illinois, based at 17 Highwood Avenue. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Highwood limits in Lake County. Its area of responsibility covers patrol and response to calls for service, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations inside the city, and community policing programs that support local neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Highwood sits along Illinois travel and commerce routes that bring daily traffic through the area, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Highwood should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Highwood city, IL has an estimated population of 5,243.