Burleson, TX has a B safety grade (73/100) with a violent crime rate of 171 per 100,000, 51% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Burleson, TX Crime Rate & Safety
At 57,868 residents, Burleson is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against TX and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Burleson, TX carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 51% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Burleson, TX shows violent crime at 171.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,088.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 51% 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
171.1/100K violent
1088.7/100K property
-51% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Burleson, TX
Comparable rate records
Burleson's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Burleson's 171.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Del Rio (170.9), College Station (170.5), Weatherford (171.7), Overton (171.7). 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 237.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 171.1 in 2024 (-28.0%). The highest observed value was 250.2 in 2021 and the lowest 171.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Burleson sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 171.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Burleson ranks 358 of 686 — above 328 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -4.9% against the cohort median of 179.9. 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 Burleson'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Burleson's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 29.2 Census sq mi, Burleson logged 21.6 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Burleson's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 729 offenses; mix index 4,845).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (29.2 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
-16.2%
204.2 → 171.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-12.7%
1246.7 → 1088.7/100K
Property offenses lead Burleson's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
630
1088.7
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
492
850.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
94
162.4
-
Burglary
44
76
-
Arson
3
5.2
-
Violent Crime
99
171.1
394.7
Aggravated Assault
62
107.1
-
Rape
26
44.9
-
Robbery
10
17.3
-
Murder
1
1.7
-
Burleson Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Burleson property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Burleson Police Department
Reporting agency for Burleson NIBRS-participating
Burleson Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Burleson's 729 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 Texas
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In 2024, Burleson reported 99 violent crimes and 630 property crimes, for a total of 729 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Burleson?
From 2023 to 2024, Burleson's violent crime rate decreased by 16.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.7%.
What is the most common crime in Burleson?
The most common crime type in Burleson is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.5% of all reported crimes (492 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Burleson's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Burleson, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.