The 2009 Annual Crime Report is a statistical summary produced by the Brownsville Police Department. It presents the city’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data for the calendar year, compares the numbers to 2008 and to a ten‑year history, and breaks the figures down by the seven index crimes (murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft and motor‑vehicle theft). The report shows a total of 10,232 index crimes in 2009, a 5.01 % drop from the 10,772 recorded in 2008, and an overall crime rate of 5,784.28 offenses per 100,000 residents – a 2.78 % decline. Property crimes made up 95.56 % of all offenses, while crimes against persons accounted for 4.44 %. The document also includes clearance rates, estimated losses and a “crime clock” that converts the totals into average time intervals between incidents.
| Total index crimes (2009) | 10,232 |
| Total index crimes (2008) | 10,772 |
| Change in total index crimes (2009 vs 2008) | -5.01 % |
| Crime rate per 100,000 residents (2009) | 5,784.28 |
| Decrease in crime rate vs 2008 | -2.78 % (165.15 offenses per 100,000) |
| Murder count (2009) | 4 |
| Aggravated assault count (2009) | 272 |
| Property crimes total (2009) | 9,778 |