Brownsville, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Brownsville, TX Summary

Crime in Brownsville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Brownsville 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 Brownsville:

  • There were 4,585 total crimes committed in Brownsville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,397.7 total crimes per 100K people in Brownsville.
  • The overall crime rate in Brownsville is 13.14% above the national average.
  • Brownsville ranks #586 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Brownsville ranks #7,899 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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Brownsville Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brownsville is 2,397.7 per 100,000 people. That's 13.14% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -1.32% lower than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brownsville
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4,585 2,397.7 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 4 2.1 5.2 5.0
Robbery 116 60.7 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 693 362.4 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 872 456.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 368 192.4 284.3 229.0
Larceny 2,554 1,335.6 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 791 413.7 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 3,713 1,941.7 2,040.5 1,760.0

Brownsville 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 Brownsville

872
Violent Crimes
456.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
27.02%
Above The National Average
  • There were 872 violent crimes in Brownsville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brownsville is 456.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 219.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brownsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 27.02% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 17.11% higher than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brownsville

3,713
Property Crimes
1,941.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
10.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,713 property crimes in Brownsville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brownsville is 1,941.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 51.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brownsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 10.33% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -4.84% lower than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Brownsville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Edinburg, TX 107,552 2,180 2,026.9 1,757.3 269.6
Pharr, TX 80,604 1,095 1,358.5 1,136.4 222.1
Harlingen, TX 71,388 2,125 2,976.7 2,718.9 257.7
Weslaco, TX 43,898 1,719 3,915.9 3,448.9 467.0
San Benito, TX 24,382 771 3,162.2 2,899.7 262.5
Alamo, TX 20,734 910 4,388.9 3,491.8 897.1
Mercedes, TX 16,893 610 3,611.0 3,208.4 402.5
Donna, TX 16,781 1,017 6,060.4 4,302.5 1,757.9
Raymondville, TX 10,100 288 2,851.5 1,970.3 881.2
Los Fresnos, TX 8,439 203 2,405.5 1,611.6 793.9

Brownsville SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
5
Commute
8.5
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