Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Burlington, NC Crime Grade
How Burlington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of North Carolina — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
North Carolina
9/10
vs. North Carolina cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Burlington, NC was 635.0 per 100,000 residents (396 incidents over a population of 62,361). That puts Burlington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 95% above the North Carolina statewide rate of 325.3.
That ranks Burlington #3,453 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 8% of them, and #73 of 86 in North Carolina. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Burlington, NC crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- North Carolina Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 635.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,453 of 3,771
- NC rank
- #73 of 86
- Safer than
- 8% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 62,361
- Reporting agency
- Burlington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Burlington Police Department (FBI ORI NC0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Burlington, NC
Also known as
- Company Shops
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Burlington (red), North Carolina (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Burlington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 891.8(500) | 840.7(505) | 854.4(514) | 962.1(586) | 635.0(396) |
| Murder | 10.7(6) | 5.0(3) | 1.7(1) | 8.2(5) | 4.8(3) |
| Rape | 60.6(34) | 59.9(36) | 59.8(36) | 80.5(49) | 67.3(42) |
| Robbery | 69.6(39) | 106.5(64) | 121.4(73) | 114.9(70) | 70.6(44) |
| Aggravated assault | 750.9(421) | 669.2(402) | 671.6(404) | 758.5(462) | 492.3(307) |
| Property crime | 4758.8(2,668) | 3802.3(2,284) | 3808.4(2,291) | 3142.5(1,914) | 2655.5(1,656) |
| Burglary | 717.0(402) | 571.0(343) | 668.3(402) | 515.5(314) | 439.4(274) |
| Larceny | 3656.5(2,050) | 2846.7(1,710) | 2732.9(1,644) | 2219.8(1,352) | 1958.0(1,221) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 369.2(207) | 374.6(225) | 377.4(227) | 364.5(222) | 229.3(143) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Burlington, NC Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Burlington Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Burlington calculated?
- Burlington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the North Carolina state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to North Carolina cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Burlington Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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