Urbana, IL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

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 October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Urbana:

  • There were 1,032 total crimes committed in Urbana the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,476.4 total crimes per 100K people in Urbana.
  • The overall crime rate in Urbana is 6.55% above the national average.
  • Urbana ranks #521 safest out of 588 cities in Illinois.
  • Urbana ranks #7,441 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people 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 2,476.4 per 100,000 people. That's 6.55% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 24.74% higher than the Illinois total crime rate of 1,985.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Urbana
/ 100k People
Illinois
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,032 2,476.4 1,985.3 2,324.2
Murder 9 21.6 9.1 6.3
Robbery 21 50.4 97.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 155 371.9 278.9 268.2
Violent Crime 208 499.1 425.9 369.8
Burglary 145 347.9 246.4 269.8
Larceny 653 1,567.0 1,143.5 1,401.9
Car Theft 26 62.4 169.5 282.7
Property Crime 824 1,977.3 1,559.4 1,954.4

Urbana Crime Compared To Illinois Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Illinois.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Urbana

208
Violent Crimes
499.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
34.97%
Above The National Average
  • There were 208 violent crimes in Urbana in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Urbana is 499.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 200.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Urbana each year. That compares to a 1 in 234.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 34.97% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 17.19% higher than the Illinois violent crime rate of 425.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Urbana

824
Property Crimes
1,977.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
1.17%
Above The National Average
  • There were 824 property crimes in Urbana in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Urbana is 1,977.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 50.6 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 1.17% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 26.80% higher than the Illinois property crime rate of 1,559.4 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 89,815 2,127 2,368.2 1,722.4 645.8
Bloomington, IL 77,166 1,050 1,360.7 1,052.3 308.4
Charleston, IL 19,987 102 510.3 350.2 160.1
Mattoon, IL 17,514 112 639.5 319.7 319.7
Rantoul, IL 11,971 339 2,831.8 2,222.0 609.8
Mahomet, IL 9,709 70 721.0 545.9 175.1
Clinton, IL 6,862 90 1,311.6 1,165.8 145.7
Mount Zion, IL 5,867 51 869.3 750.0 119.3
Monticello, IL 5,532 20 361.5 235.0 126.5
Tolono, IL 3,489 49 1,404.4 1,318.4 86.0

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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