Brentwood is a neighborhood of 6,260 residents in Jacksonville, about 2 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Brentwood in Jacksonville safe?
Brentwood is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live. Violent crime grades F and property crime D-. Jacksonville as a whole grades B. Every neighborhood in Brentwood grades F.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
4% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Brentwood as a whole, and 96% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Brentwood scores 0.
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, Jacksonville, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Brentwood in Jacksonville, 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
Aggravated assaults and car thefts both run high. In Brentwood, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 22.6 aggravated assaults and 13.5 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Jacksonville as a whole, 62% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Brentwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Brentwood has about 193 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for Jacksonville 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Brentwood is assault, about 42% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Brentwood compares with nearby neighborhoods
Brentwood has more crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods. Downtown Jacksonville and Lake Forest have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Brentwood apart: it has 15.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 11% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% 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.C+ (48 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 62% 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.21.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 90% 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
Crime costs Brentwood about $5,305 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, more than triple 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 $61 million a year, or $9,770 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.
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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, Jacksonville, FL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 45% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Brentwood on SchoolGrade
