Fairbury has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Fairbury is 1 in 81. How does Fairbury fare compared to other communities in Nebraska of all population sizes? Fairbury's crime rate is lower than approximately 15% of Nebraska communities.

However, when you compare Fairbury to other communities of similar population, then Fairbury crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Fairbury does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fairbury does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fairbury.

For Fairbury, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Fairbury than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1944, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Fairbury's rate for property crime is 12 per one thousand population. This makes Fairbury a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Fairbury is one in 85.