Red Bud, IL has a A+ safety grade (98/100) with a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000, .

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city

Red Bud, IL Crime Rate & Safety

Red Bud is a small municipal reporter (3,735 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with IL and U.S. context.

Data updated 2026-08-24

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Red Bud, IL FBI UCR crime rates and PlainCrime safety grade

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Red Bud, IL shows violent crime at 0 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 241 per 100,000. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • A+ safety grade
  • 0/100K violent
  • 241/100K property

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Red Bud, IL

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Red Bud reported 0 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,735. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 86.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024 (-100.0%). The highest observed value was 86.8 in 2020 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Position in the state cohort

Red Bud reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Illinois cities

At 0.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Red Bud ranks 418 of 506 — above 0 of the 505 other Illinois cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -100.0% against the cohort median of 100.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Comparable rate records

Red Bud's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Illinois cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Red Bud's 0.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Albers (0.0), Annawan (0.0), Ashland (0.0), Assumption (0.0). 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.

Offense mix

The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort

Violent offenses are 0.0% of the 9 Part I offenses reported in Red Bud for 2024, against a median of 11.3% across comparable Illinois cities — a gap of 11.3 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 88.9% of reported property offenses in Red Bud, against a cohort median of 70.2%. The remainder is burglary (0) and motor vehicle theft (1). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Property counts dominate Red Bud'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.

Based on 0 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,735. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.

Red Bud's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 2.6 Census sq mi, Red Bud logged 3.4 property and 0 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

Red Bud's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (89% of 9 offenses; mix index 8,025).

Violent offenses are only 0% of the municipal total - a property-led book.

Red Bud offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.6 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
+127.4%
106 → 241/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-100%
26.5 → 0/100K

Property offenses lead Red Bud's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 9 241
Larceny-Theft 8 214.2
Motor Vehicle Theft 1 26.8
Burglary 0 0
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 0 0
Murder 0 0
Rape 0 0
Robbery 0 0
Aggravated Assault 0 0

Red Bud Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Red Bud property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
241/100K 127.4% vs 2023
0100200300400 20202021202220232024 241

Red Bud violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
0/100K 100% vs 2023
020406080100 20202021202220232024 0
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 3,457 86.8 289.3
2021 Comparable 3,417 0 0
2022 Comparable 3,692 0 0
2023 Comparable 3,773 26.5 106
2024 Comparable 3,735 0 241

Red Bud Police Department

Reporting agency for Red Bud NIBRS-participating

Red Bud Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Red Bud's 9 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 Red Bud in population. Their populations run from 3,619 to 3,849, against 3,735 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

More about Red Bud's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in Red Bud?

In 2024, Red Bud reported 0 violent crimes and 9 property crimes, for a total of 9 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in Red Bud?

From 2023 to 2024, Red Bud's violent crime rate decreased by 100%, and the property crime rate increased by 127.4%.

What is the most common crime in Red Bud?

The most common crime type in Red Bud is larceny-theft, accounting for 88.9% of all reported crimes (8 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: Red Bud is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.

Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.

Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Red Bud, IL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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