Burlingame, CA carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 48% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Burlingame, CA shows violent crime at 183.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,025.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 48% 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
183.2/100K violent
2025.7/100K property
-48% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Burlingame, CA
Comparable rate records
Burlingame's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the California cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Burlingame's 183.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are San Clemente (183.2), Folsom (183.4), San Gabriel (182.9), Menifee (182.8). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Burlingame reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable California cities
At 183.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Burlingame ranks 348 of 458 — above 110 of the 457 other California cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -45.0% against the cohort median of 333.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.3% of the 651 Part I offenses reported in Burlingame for 2024, against a median of 17.1% across comparable California cities — a gap of 8.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 85.9% of reported property offenses in Burlingame, against a cohort median of 69.5%. The remainder is burglary (29) and motor vehicle theft (55). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 215.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 183.2 in 2024 (-14.9%). The highest observed value was 215.3 in 2020 and the lowest 183.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Burlingame'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.
Burlingame's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.4 Census sq mi, Burlingame logged 135.9 property and 12.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Burlingame's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (79% of 651 offenses; mix index 6,338).
Violent offenses are only 8% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-24.1%
2670.6 → 2025.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-13.5%
211.8 → 183.2/100K
Property offenses lead Burlingame's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
597
2025.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
513
1740.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
55
186.6
-
Burglary
29
98.4
-
Arson
1
3.4
-
Violent Crime
54
183.2
352
Aggravated Assault
38
128.9
-
Rape
10
33.9
-
Robbery
6
20.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Burlingame Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Burlingame property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Burlingame Police Department
Reporting agency for Burlingame NIBRS-participating
Burlingame Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Burlingame's 651 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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 California
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the California cities closest to Burlingame in population. Their populations run from 28,792 to 29,895, against 29,471 here. Or use our
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Burlingame at 183.2/100K violent and 2,025.7/100K property - matched below outside California (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Burlingame reported 54 violent crimes and 597 property crimes, for a total of 651 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Burlingame?
From 2023 to 2024, Burlingame's violent crime rate decreased by 13.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.1%.
What is the most common crime in Burlingame?
The most common crime type in Burlingame is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.8% of all reported crimes (513 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Burlingame 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 Burlingame, CA rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.