Photo: Ditch Fisher · CC BY-SA 3.0Brandon reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Brandon’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #2 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MS” is every other Mississippi 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’s behind Brandon’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Brandon’s police reported 58 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Brandon | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 3 property crimes reported
And about 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
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| Year | Brandon property | Rest of Mississippi property | Brandon violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.8 | 25.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 25.2 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 22.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
91 crimes reported in 2025
13 violent and 78 property, as reported to the FBI by Brandon’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Brandon’s roads in 2019–2023
Brandon had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died. Most of these deaths (7 of 12) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 9.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Mississippi towns of 25,000–100,000 people (11.4, 15 towns).
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.
Brandon and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pearl reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
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 Brandon. 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 Brandon’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,058 in 2025); our figure for Brandon is 26,122 (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 Brandon
Is Brandon, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brandon reports less crime per resident than 87% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #2 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Brandon?
0.7 violent and 3.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.8 and 22.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Brandon?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Brandon in 2025?
Brandon’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 11.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Brandon?
Brandon’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brandon”. 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.