What is the crime rate in Brownsville, TX?

In 2025, the Brownsville Police Department reported 783 violent crimes and 2,955 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 405 violent and 1,529 property crimes per 100,000 of the 193,321 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: 405
Property per 100,000: 1,529
Violent crimes: 783
Property crimes: 2,955

Crime reported by the Brownsville 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	765	401	3,941	2,068	190,590
2024	877	459	3,745	1,958	191,221
2025	783	405	2,955	1,529	193,321

Violent crimes reported went from 765 in 2023 to 783 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,941 in 2023 to 2,955 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.

Brownsville against Texas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Brownsville	405	1,529
Cameron County	331	1,577
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 Brownsville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Brownsville	—	405	1,529
Los Fresnos	5.9 mi	715	1,454
Rancho Viejo	7.1 mi	35	209
Laguna Vista	12 mi	26	311
Port Isabel	14 mi	342	3,042
San Benito	15 mi	203	2,488
Rio Hondo	18 mi	377	795
South Padre Island	19 mi	1,589	10,881
Harlingen	20 mi	231	2,299

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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