Brownwood, TX Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Brownwood, TX Summary

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

  • There were 490 total crimes committed in Brownwood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,608.9 total crimes per 100K people in Brownwood.
  • The overall crime rate in Brownwood is 23.10% above the national average.
  • Brownwood ranks #613 safest out of 710 cities in Texas.
  • Brownwood ranks #8,174 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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Brownwood Vs Texas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Brownwood is 2,608.9 per 100,000 people. That's 23.10% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 7.37% higher than the Texas total crime rate of 2,429.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Brownwood
/ 100k People
Texas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 490 2,608.9 2,429.9 2,119.2
Murder 2 10.6 5.2 5.0
Robbery 3 16.0 63.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 47 250.2 270.7 256.0
Violent Crime 68 362.0 389.4 359.0
Burglary 79 420.6 284.3 229.0
Larceny 316 1,682.5 1,425.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 27 143.8 330.7 259.0
Property Crime 422 2,246.8 2,040.5 1,760.0

Brownwood 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 Brownwood

68
Violent Crimes
362.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
0.85%
Above The National Average
  • There were 68 violent crimes in Brownwood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Brownwood is 362.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 276.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Brownwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 256.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 0.85% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -7.02% lower than the Texas violent crime rate of 389.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Brownwood

422
Property Crimes
2,246.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
27.66%
Above The National Average
  • There were 422 property crimes in Brownwood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Brownwood is 2,246.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 44.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Brownwood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 27.66% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 10.11% higher than the Texas property crime rate of 2,040.5 per 100,000 people.

Brownwood SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
10
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