Urbana, IL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Urbana, IL Summary

Crime in Urbana research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Urbana over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Urbana:

  • There were 1,160 total crimes committed in Urbana in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,036.3 total crimes per 100K people in Urbana.
  • The overall crime rate in Urbana is 43.27% above the national average.
  • Urbana ranks #478 safest out of 524 cities in Illinois.
  • Urbana ranks #8,615 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Urbana Vs Illinois And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Urbana is 3,036.3 per 100,000 people. That's 43.27% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 51.48% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 2,004.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Urbana
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,160 3,036.3 2,004.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.6 5.8 5.0
Robbery 31 81.1 90.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 155 405.7 146.3 256.0
Violent Crime 208 544.4 289.2 359.0
Burglary 186 486.9 290.5 229.0
Larceny 665 1,740.7 1,134.4 1,272.0
Car Theft 101 264.4 290.4 259.0
Property Crime 952 2,491.9 1,715.2 1,760.0

Urbana Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Urbana

208
Violent Crimes
544.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
51.66%
Above The National Average
  • There were 208 violent crimes in Urbana in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Urbana is 544.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 183.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Urbana each year. That compares to a 1 in 345.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 51.66% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 88.27% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 289.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Urbana

952
Property Crimes
2,491.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
41.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 952 property crimes in Urbana in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Urbana is 2,491.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 40.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Urbana each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 41.58% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 45.28% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,715.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Urbana

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Champaign, IL 89,466 2,488 2,780.9 2,279.1 501.9
Bloomington, IL 77,166 1,050 1,360.7 1,052.3 308.4
Charleston, IL 16,957 365 2,152.5 1,792.8 359.7
Mattoon, IL 16,464 285 1,731.0 1,202.6 528.4
Rantoul, IL 11,835 275 2,323.6 1,774.4 549.2
Mahomet, IL 10,538 46 436.5 208.8 227.7
Clinton, IL 6,876 146 2,123.3 1,861.5 261.8
Monticello, IL 6,041 14 231.7 231.7 0.0
Mount Zion, IL 5,833 33 565.7 514.3 51.4

Urbana SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
4
Diversity
9.5
Safety
8
Amenities
9.5
Education
9
Commute
9.5
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