Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
With a crime rate of 36 per one thousand residents, Brownsville has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 27. Within Tennessee, more than 93% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Brownsville.
Importantly, when you compare Brownsville to other communities of similar population, then Brownsville crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Brownsville does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Brownsville does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Brownsville.
For Brownsville, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Brownsville is one in 80.
Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the city, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Brownsville experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Brownsville's rate for property crime is 24 per one thousand population. This makes Brownsville a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Brownsville is one in 42.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
120 |
228 |
348 |
Crime Rate
|
12.58 |
23.89 |
36.47 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 2 | 4 | 5 | 109 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 11.42 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 45 | 159 | 24 |
Rate per 1,000 | 4.72 | 16.66 | 2.52 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |