Brenham, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Brenham, TX Summary

Crime in Brenham research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Brenham over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Brenham:

  • There were 508 total crimes committed in Brenham in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,568.9 total crimes per 100K people in Brenham.
  • The overall crime rate in Brenham is 21.22% above the national average.
  • Brenham ranks #607 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Brenham ranks #8,134 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Brenham Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brenham is 2,568.9 per 100,000 people. That's 21.22% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 5.72% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brenham
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 508 2,568.9 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.2 5.0
Robbery 1 5.1 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 93 470.3 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 105 531.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 40 202.3 284.3 229.0
Larceny 335 1,694.1 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 28 141.6 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 403 2,037.9 2,040.5 1,760.0

Brenham Crime Compared To Texas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Texas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Brenham

105
Violent Crimes
531.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
47.90%
Above The National Average
  • There were 105 violent crimes in Brenham in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brenham is 531.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 188.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brenham each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 47.90% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 36.36% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brenham

403
Property Crimes
2,037.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
15.79%
Above The National Average
  • There were 403 property crimes in Brenham in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brenham is 2,037.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 49.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brenham each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 15.79% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -0.12% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Brenham

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
College Station, TX 126,702 1,613 1,273.1 1,102.6 170.5
Bryan, TX 91,450 1,676 1,832.7 1,447.8 384.9
Katy, TX 27,814 968 3,480.3 3,253.8 226.5
Tomball, TX 14,885 333 2,237.2 1,968.4 268.7
Navasota, TX 9,425 241 2,557.0 1,771.9 785.1
Hempstead, TX 6,921 134 1,936.1 1,502.7 433.5

Brenham SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
9.5
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9
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