Crime in Burke, Virginia
Major crime in Burke is 69% below the U.S. rate per resident: 84% lower for persons crimes and 66% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 16.8% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Every crime type in Burke is near or below the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Burke for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Burke
The middle half of Burke residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 17 and 34; the typical (median) resident's is 21. The citywide figure (31) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5084.0%
- 50–10010.5%
- 100–2005.5%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest in the daytime
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 16.8% in a year; across Virginia it fell 8.5%
Change in expected crimes, with Virginia as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Burke against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
909 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Burke; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Burke has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, West Springfield (2 mi), is 23% above Burke's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Burke
What are the most common crimes in Burke?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 79 a year), shoplifting (about 69 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 47 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 47% below the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Burke's figures add up its 24 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Burke's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 5.5% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 44,997. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Burke, Virginia." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/va/burke
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- West Springfield2 mi38
- Burke Centre2 mi73
- Kings Park West3 mi36
- Newington Forest3 mi20
- Wakefield3 mi20
- Long Branch3 mi25
- Fairfax Station4 mi26
- North Springfield4 mi29