Brownsville, TX
MoveScore 68 out of 100 (Fair) · 3 of 6 federal sources
Score Breakdown
Each sub-score is normalized to 0-100. Missing sub-scores are skipped, not penalized.
What the Federal Data Says
Safety (FBI UCR)
Violent crime rate: 235.0 per 100k
Property crime rate: 1775.5 per 100k
Safety score: 69 (B)
Fiscal Health (Census ASPEP)
Per-capita spending: $9,921
Fiscal score: 85
Hospitals (CMS HCAHPS)
Average quality rating: 2.5 / 5
Hospitals tracked: 2
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the MoveScore of Brownsville, TX?
Brownsville has a MoveScore of 68 out of 100 (grade C, Fair). The score averages 3 of six federal livability dimensions with equal weight.
Where does the Brownsville data come from?
Brownsville sub-scores come from federal government sources: the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program for crime, EPA SDWIS for water safety, EPA AQS for air quality, NCES CCD and EDFacts for schools, Census ASPEP for municipal fiscal health, and CMS HCAHPS for hospital quality.
Is Brownsville safe?
Brownsville has a safety score of 69 (grade B), based on an FBI-reported violent crime rate of 235.0 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1775.5 per 100,000.
Sub-scores are normalized to 0-100 and averaged with equal weight. Missing sources are skipped. A composite requires at least three of the six sub-scores.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from federal datasets including BLS, Census ACS, FBI Crime Data, NOAA Climate Normals, and NCES. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to federal datasets including BLS, Census ACS, FBI Crime Data, NOAA Climate Normals, and NCES; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. cities and metros with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (cost), Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, 2026.