The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Burbank, IL
Burbank is a city of 28,900 in Cook County, about 12 miles southwest of downtown Chicago · Updated November 2026
Is Burbank, IL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Burbank has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A- against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Burbank run from A- to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 725 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Burbank as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Burbank scores 725.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Burbank, IL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Burbank, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Burbank
Aggravated assaults are less common than in most B-graded cities. Burbank has 0.78 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 3.1.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In Burbank, 45% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Burbank
Every part of Burbank where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Burbank run from A- to B-; every part of Burbank has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Burbank, the north side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Burbank?
Reported violent crime in Burbank peaked in 2020 and has fallen 32% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is up 99% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults stayed at about 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 8.8 to 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 17% and property crime rose 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BurbankUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Burbank. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Burbank
Violent, US
Property, Burbank
Property, US
2016
+26%
+4%
+60%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+23%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
-2%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+48%
+4%
+42%
-8%
2021
+4%
+6%
+6%
-10%
2022
-12%
+5%
+60%
-6%
2023
+22%
+2%
+98%
-7%
2024
+1%
-4%
+119%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Burbank
CrimeGrade™ estimates Burbank has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% more than the US as a whole and close to Illinois.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Burbank, about 34% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Burbank
Burbank has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Burbank, 26% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (32%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Burbank compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Burbank, 5 have less crime. Hickory Hills and Hometown have the least.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Burbank
Two things set Burbank apart: it has 2.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 18 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.C (36 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 86% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.18 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 89% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 79% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 76% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Burbank on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Burbank
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Burbank about $1,177 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $20 million a year, or $700 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$310,000
$11
Rape
$810,000
$28
Robbery
$480,000
$17
Assault
$3.6 million
$123
Burglary
$940,000
$33
Theft
$1.8 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$44
Arson
$33,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.8 million
$63
Total
$11 million
$382
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Burbank means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Burbank, IL average a SchoolGrade of D+: 36% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Burbank on SchoolGrade
