Brownsville, TX crime rate
In 2025 the Brownsville Police Department reported 405.0 violent crimes and 1,528.5 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Texas and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 433, 2024: 797, 2025: 407 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
- Murder, 2023: unusual change, check the source. 2022: 4, 2023: 8, 2024: 3 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2023 are not shown.
How does Brownsville compare with Texas and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Brownsville only.
What offenses were reported in Brownsville, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Texas | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 783 | 405.0 | 344.9 | 327.6 | down 11.7% | up 1.6% |
| Murder | 2 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | down 37.5% | down 9.1% |
| Rape | 79 | 40.9 | 47.6 | 36.1 | up 20.3% | down 14.4% |
| Robbery | 109 | 56.4 | 52.0 | 49.4 | down 6.2% | down 20.7% |
| Aggravated assault | 593 | 306.7 | 240.7 | 238.0 | down 15.5% | up 10.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,955 | 1,528.5 | 1,786.0 | 1,534.8 | down 22.0% | down 16.7% |
| Burglary | 281 | 145.4 | 246.6 | 193.6 | down 24.7% | down 35.9% |
| Larceny-theft | 2,251 | 1,164.4 | 1,291.2 | 1,144.1 | down 13.3% | down 23.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 407 | 210.5 | 248.2 | 197.0 | See data note | up 181.0% |
| Arson | 16 | 8.3 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 31.7% | down 27.2% |
Reported = offenses known to the Brownsville Police Department and sent to the FBI. Texas and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Brownsville | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 398.8 | 387.0 | 453.0 |
| 2022 | 439.4 | 388.7 | 436.2 |
| 2023 | 401.4 | 379.5 | 407.3 |
| 2024 | 458.6 | 362.9 | 394.5 |
| 2025 | 405.0 | 327.6 | 344.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Brownsville | United States | Texas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,834.1 | 1,832.3 | 2,171.9 |
| 2022 | 1,868.7 | 1,973.8 | 2,309.2 |
| 2023 | 2,067.8 | 1,934.1 | 2,229.3 |
| 2024 | 1,958.5 | 1,761.1 | 2,055.5 |
| 2025 | 1,528.5 | 1,534.8 | 1,786.0 |
Is Brownsville safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Brownsville Police Department reported, 405.0 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Texas's 344.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 11.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Brownsville's 2025 total of violent crimes reported to the FBI was 783, a rate of 405.0 per 100,000 residents covered by the Brownsville Police Department. That was 1.2 times the Texas estimate of 344.9 and 1.2 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate, 1,528.5, was below the state's 1,786.0 and the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 11.7% from 2024 to 2025. The 2025 violent rate is 1.6% above the 2021 rate of 398.8. Property crime dropped 22.0% in the last year and 16.7% from 2021.
Aggravated assault rose the most of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 10.0%, to 306.7 per 100,000. Robbery fell the most in that period, 20.7%. Rape had the largest rise from 2024 to 2025, 20.3%.
The city recorded 2 homicides in 2025, a rate of 1.0 per 100,000. Burglary fell 35.9% and larceny-theft 23.4% from 2021 to 2025. The 2023 murder count and the 2024 motor vehicle theft count are flagged as unusual changes and are not compared.
All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS reporting since 2018. The Cameron County Sheriff's Office, Brownsville Independent School District police and Port of Brownsville police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 1.46 per 1,000 residents (208 officers, 75 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Texas cities
The nearest Texas cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Brownsville Police Department (ORI TX0310100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Texas and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TX0310100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Brownsville Police Department (TX0310100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TX0310100__from-2021-to-2025.json)