Brentwood is a neighborhood of 10,600 residents in Austin, about 5 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Brentwood in Austin safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Brentwood has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime C+. Austin as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Brentwood run from A- to D, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 644 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
26% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brentwood as a whole, and 74% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brentwood scores 644.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Brentwood, Austin, TX at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brentwood in Austin, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Brentwood
Car thefts and burglaries both run high. In Brentwood, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.5 car thefts and 5.5 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
How Brentwood compares within Austin
Low crime is the norm across Brentwood: 54% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Brentwood run from A- to D; every part of Brentwood has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
54%41%
A or B 54%C 41%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Brentwood has less crime than 46 of the 61 neighborhoods in Austin. It covers much of the Downtown Austin, West University Austin, and University of Texas areas.
Is crime going up in Austin?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Austin as a whole is up 10% and property crime is down 14%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.2 to 4.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 32 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Austin. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Austin
Violent, US
Property, Austin
Property, US
2016
-1%
+4%
-5%
+15%
2017
+1%
+4%
-13%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+19%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
+25%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+29%
+5%
-5%
-6%
2023
+20%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
+10%
-4%
-14%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Brentwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brentwood has about 59 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 59% more than the US as a whole and close to Austin as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Brentwood, about 39% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Austin
The Austin Police Department polices Brentwood; these figures cover Austin as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Austin as a whole, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 40% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (43%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (40%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Brentwood compares with nearby neighborhoods
Brentwood has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Allandale has less.
Two things set Brentwood apart: it has 0.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 164 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with few empty homes tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.0.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.164 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault.B (58 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.24.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Brentwood
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Brentwood about $1,194 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $19 million a year, or $1,760 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Brentwood means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Brentwood is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Brentwood, Austin, TX average a SchoolGrade of A+: 68% of students test proficient, against 52% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Brentwood on SchoolGrade
