Photo: Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History · Public domainCrime reported in Brookhaven, MS
Brookhaven’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 30 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Brookhaven’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Mississippi. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Brookhaven | Rest of Mississippi | Brookhaven | Rest of Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.5 | 24.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 30.1 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | not reported | 22.1 | not reported | 2.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 19.1 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
383 crimes reported in 2023
34 violent and 349 property, as reported to the FBI by Brookhaven’s police.
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Mississippi towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Straight-line distance from the center of Brookhaven. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Brookhaven.
10 people died in crashes on Brookhaven’s roads in 2019–2023
Brookhaven had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 17.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Mississippi towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.6, 52 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.
Brookhaven and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
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 Brookhaven. 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 Brookhaven’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,590 in 2023); our figure for Brookhaven is 11,646 (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 Brookhaven
Is Brookhaven, MS safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Brookhaven. Brookhaven’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Mississippi towns with a grade are Byram (B, 43 mi), Raymond (B+, 47 mi), Richland (B, 48 mi).
Who polices Brookhaven?
Brookhaven’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brookhaven”. 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, 2023, 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.