Per resident, Burr Ridge records less violent crime than 82% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 0.6 violent crime and 7.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.1 and 18.8 in the rest of Illinois. Its Safety Grade, A− (#113 of 339 graded towns in Illinois), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. Among its 4 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IL” is every other Illinois city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Burr Ridge
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Illinois towns on Burr Ridge’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Willow Springs (A), Hinsdale (A), Willowbrook (B−), Countryside (C). Indian Head Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Burr Ridge has 14,059 jobs based in town for 11,179 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Burr Ridge’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Burr Ridge | Rest of Illinois | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Burr Ridge’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Burr Ridge per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Burr Ridge property | Rest of Illinois property | Burr Ridge violent | Rest of Illinois violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.7 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 8.7 | 19.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 17.1 | 0.6 | 2.7 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Illinois.
83 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 76 property, as reported to the FBI by Burr Ridge’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Burr Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023
Burr Ridge had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Illinois towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Burr Ridge’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Burr Ridge’s own rate (5.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Burr Ridge and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Ridge | A− | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| Hinsdale | A | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Willow Springs | A | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| Indian Head Park | — | — | — |
| Willowbrook | B− | 1.4 | 14.7 |
| Countryside | C | 1.4 | 23.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Indian Head Park reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Illinois towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Ridge | A− | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| Campton Hills | A+ | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Manhattan | A+ | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| Roscoe | B+ | 1.2 | 5.9 |
| River Forest | C+ | 0.9 | 18.2 |
| Fox Lake | C+ | 2.8 | 13.5 |
The five graded Illinois towns closest to Burr Ridge’s population (11,179), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Burr Ridge. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Burr Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,208 in 2025); our figure for Burr Ridge is 11,179 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Burr Ridge
Is Burr Ridge, IL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Burr Ridge reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #113 of 339 in Illinois. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.1 in the rest of Illinois and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Burr Ridge?
0.6 violent and 7.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Illinois reports 3.1 and 18.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Burr Ridge safer than Hinsdale?
Hinsdale reports less crime per resident than Burr Ridge: Hinsdale grades A for safety and Burr Ridge A−. Hinsdale’s police reported 0.3 violent and 4.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Burr Ridge?
Burr Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Burr Ridge”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.