What is the crime rate in Brenham, TX?

In 2025, the Brenham Police Department reported 65 violent crimes and 356 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 319 violent and 1,748 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,368 residents it serves.

Across Texas the rates were 348 and 1,809.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 319
Property per 100,000: 1,748
Violent crimes: 65
Property crimes: 356

Crime reported by the Brenham Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	61	320	317	1,664	19,047
2024	105	531	405	2,048	19,775
2025	65	319	356	1,748	20,368

Violent crimes reported went from 61 in 2023 to 65 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 317 in 2023 to 356 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Brenham against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Brenham	319	1,748
Washington County	246	1,147
Texas	348	1,809
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Brenham, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Brenham	—	319	1,748
Somerville	15 mi	131	131
Bellville	17 mi	209	765
Hempstead	19 mi	258	1,060
Navasota	24 mi	672	1,375
Prairie View	26 mi	137	740
College Station	30 mi	133	864
Sealy	31 mi	245	1,149
Caldwell	31 mi	198	437

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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