The 2006 Annual Crime Report from the Brownsville Police Department summarizes all reported index crimes for the city in 2006, compares them with 2005 and with a ten‑year history, and breaks the data down by violent and property offenses, rates per 100,000 residents, and specific categories such as murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, theft and motor‑vehicle theft. It also includes information on police staffing, calls for service, arrests, clearance rates, drug seizures and the value of stolen and recovered vehicles.
| Total index crimes (2006) | 9,251 (increase of 0.33% from 2005) |
| Crime rate per 100,000 residents (2006) | 5,523.21 (up 0.33% from 2005) |
| Violent crime rate per 100,000 (2006) | 517.63 (down 3.98% from 2005) |
| Property crime rate per 100,000 (2006) | 5,005.58 (up 0.79% from 2005) |
| Motor vehicle thefts (2006) | 524 (increase of 21.6% from 2005) |
| Vehicle recoveries and value (2006) | 165 vehicles recovered; total value $2,154,783 (average $13,059 per vehicle) |
| Marijuana seized (2006) | 3,389.42 lbs |
| Calls for service (2006) | 121,070 (down 17,199 from 2005) |