Birds, IL Violent Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	B
Property Crime Grade	A+
Other Crime Grade	C+

Which crimes are included?

$71,590

Cost of Crime™ for Birds, IL

In 2025, violent crime will cost $576 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Birds with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The B grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Birds against the average US city, where the rate is slightly lower than the norm. Birds sits in the 67th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 67% of cities and behind 33%. The grade covers only Birds's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Birds is 2.313 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 360 in the southwest neighborhoods to 1 in 577 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Birds, IL report the most violent crime, about 0 cases per year. The north part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Birds, IL

The tangible cost of violent crime in Birds is projected at $71,590 for 2025, about $216 per resident and $576 per household. That equals 0.6% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 42.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 42.5%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.7%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Birds Compared to Other Cities?

Birds, IL:	$216
East St. Louis, IL:	$693
Glen Carbon, IL:	$84
Illinois:	$240
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $216 per resident each year in Birds, which is $42 less than the national average and $24 less than Illinois's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Birds:

In East St. Louis, IL, crime costs $693 per person, which is $477 more than in Birds.
In Glen Carbon, IL, crime costs $84 per person, which is $133 less than in Birds

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Birds, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Birds	Cost per Birds Resident
Murder	$42,309	$128
Rape/Sexual Assault	$13,458	$41
Robbery	$9,812	$30
Assault	$6,011	$18
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$71,590	$216

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Birds, IL

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Birds totals $351,748 ($1,063 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $423,338 ($1,279 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Birds, IL, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the city has few retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Birds Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Birds residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	0.6323
Robbery	0.9425
Rape	0.6706
Murder	0.0680
Total Violent Crime	2.313 (B)

Individual Birds Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Birds is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Birds.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Lawrenceville, IL	C-	B-	C+
Bridgeport, IL	C-	D+	B-
Petrolia, IL	B	B	B+
Pinkstaff, IL	B	C+	B+
Sand Barrens, IL	B-	C	B
St. Francisville, IL	D+	C	D+
Westport, IL	B-	B	C
Sumner, IL	B-	C+	B+
Helena, IL	B+	C	A
Russellville, IL	B-	B	C

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Birds is lower versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Homelake, CO	D+	C	C
Sublime, TX	B-	D+	D+
Sugar Valley, OH	C	C-	C-
Suiter, VA	F	B	B
Summitville, OH	A-	C-	C-
Sunbeam, VA	C-	A+	A+
Hurdland, MO	D-	F	F
Sunfield, IL	A-	A-	A-
Hunter, MO	A	A	A
Howards Ridge, MO	F	F	F

Considering only the violent crime rate, Birds is safer than the Illinois state average and safer than the national average.

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