Burbank, IL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 44% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Burbank, IL shows violent crime at 198 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,965.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 44% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
198/100K violent
1965.2/100K property
-44% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Burbank, IL
Comparable rate records
Burbank's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Burbank's 198.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pittsfield (198.0), Lovington (197.6), Greenfield (199.0), Midlothian (200.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 294.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 198.0 in 2024 (-32.7%). The highest observed value was 294.1 in 2020 and the lowest 169.8 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Burbank sits mid-pack among comparable Illinois cities
At 198.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Burbank ranks 147 of 506 — above 359 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +98.6% against the cohort median of 99.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Burbank's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Burbank's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.2 Census sq mi, Burbank logged 130.6 property and 13.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Burbank's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (60% of 601 offenses; mix index 4,090).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-18.5%
243 → 198/100K
Property Crime Rate
+10.9%
1772.3 → 1965.2/100K
Property offenses lead Burbank's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IL
vs US avg
Property Crime
546
1965.2
1664.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
359
1292.1
-
-
Burglary
106
381.5
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
81
291.5
-
-
Arson
1
3.6
-
-
Violent Crime
55
198
277.5
352
Aggravated Assault
23
82.8
-
-
Robbery
17
61.2
-
-
Rape
15
54
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Burbank Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Burbank property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Burbank Police Department
Reporting agency for Burbank NIBRS-participating
Burbank Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Burbank's 601 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Illinois
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Illinois cities closest to Burbank in population. Their populations run from 26,708 to 28,573, against 27,784 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Burbank reported 55 violent crimes and 546 property crimes, for a total of 601 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Burbank?
From 2023 to 2024, Burbank's violent crime rate decreased by 18.5%, and the property crime rate increased by 10.9%.
What is the most common crime in Burbank?
The most common crime type in Burbank is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.7% of all reported crimes (359 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Burbank figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Burbank, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.