Brazoria, TX is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Brazoria, TX shows violent crime at 210.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,228.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 40% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
210.7/100K violent
1228.9/100K property
-40% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Brazoria, TX
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Brazoria reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,848. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Brazoria's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Texas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Brazoria's 210.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Prairie View (209.8), Sonora (212.0), Greenville (212.6), Jacksboro (212.6). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 261.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 210.7 in 2024 (-19.4%). The highest observed value was 261.5 in 2020 and the lowest 141.5 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Brazoria sits mid-pack among comparable Texas cities
At 210.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Brazoria ranks 297 of 686 — above 389 of the 685 other Texas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +17.7% against the cohort median of 178.9. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Brazoria's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,848. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Brazoria's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.6 Census sq mi, Brazoria logged 13.2 property and 2.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Brazoria's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 41 offenses; mix index 4,456).
Violent offenses are only 15% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.6 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+48.9%
141.5 → 210.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-26.1%
1662.5 → 1228.9/100K
Property offenses lead Brazoria's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TX
Property Crime
35
1228.9
2058.2
Larceny-Theft
26
912.9
-
Burglary
7
245.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
2
70.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
6
210.7
394.7
Aggravated Assault
4
140.4
-
Rape
2
70.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Brazoria Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Brazoria property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Brazoria: 211 violent, 1229 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Rancho Viejo: 105 violent, 456 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Schulenburg: 636 violent, 918 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Ponder: 0 violent, 244 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Pottsboro: 139 violent, 659 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Clarksville: 35 violent, 139 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Abernathy: 143 violent, 107 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Shallowater: 206 violent, 240 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Kemah: 240 violent, 3390 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Brazoria Police Department
Reporting agency for Brazoria NIBRS-participating
Brazoria Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Brazoria's 41 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Texas
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In 2024, Brazoria reported 6 violent crimes and 35 property crimes, for a total of 41 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Brazoria?
From 2023 to 2024, Brazoria's violent crime rate increased by 48.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.1%.
What is the most common crime in Brazoria?
The most common crime type in Brazoria is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.4% of all reported crimes (26 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Brazoria is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Brazoria, TX rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.