Photo: Acj sf · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Brisbane fell 59% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Brisbane grades C+ for safety (#143 of 416 graded towns in California): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Brisbane
Brisbane reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 California towns on Brisbane’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Daly City (C), South San Francisco (C), Alameda (D), San Francisco (D), Oakland (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Brisbane’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Brisbane has 6,769 jobs based in town for 4,656 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Brisbane’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (14.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
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| Year | Brisbane property | Rest of California property | Brisbane violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.3 | 24.8 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 21.4 | 25.0 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 12.0 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 9.5 | 18.5 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Brisbane’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Brisbane | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
46 crimes reported in 2025
2 violent and 44 property, as reported to the FBI by Brisbane’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Brisbane’s roads in 2019–2023
Brisbane had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Brisbane’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Brisbane’s own rate (8.5) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Brisbane and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | C+ | 2.5 | 14.3 |
| Daly City | C | 3.0 | 17.6 |
| San Francisco | D | 6.0 | 41.7 |
| South San Francisco | C | 3.3 | 16.6 |
| Oakland | D− | 23.3 | 74.9 |
| Alameda | D | 3.4 | 46.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Brisbane. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Brisbane’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,625 in 2025); our figure for Brisbane is 4,656 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Brisbane
Is Brisbane, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brisbane reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #143 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Brisbane?
2.5 violent and 14.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Brisbane?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Brisbane safer than Daly City?
Daly City reports more crime per resident than Brisbane: Daly City grades C for safety and Brisbane C+. Daly City’s police reported 3.0 violent and 17.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brisbane?
Brisbane’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brisbane”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.