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Violent crimes in Tennessee

Violent crimes in Tennessee was 36,014 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 17.3% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count36,014
Change on 2024-17.3%
Rank7th of 51US states ranked
Series high46,8132021
Series low18,1351979

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Violent crimes in Tennessee, 1979 to 2025

10K20K30K40K50K19791986199320002007201420251979: 18,135 count1980: 20,824 count1981: 19,019 count1982: 19,586 count1983: 18,836 count1984: 21,010 count1985: 22,592 count1986: 25,919 count1987: 25,900 count1988: 26,205 count1989: 27,118 count1990: 32,698 count1991: 35,955 count1992: 37,487 count1993: 39,047 count1994: 38,705 count1995: 40,549 count1996: 41,175 count1997: 42,389 count1998: 38,832 count1999: 38,111 count2000: 40,233 count2001: 42,776 count2002: 41,562 count2003: 40,409 count2004: 41,113 count2005: 45,104 count2006: 46,043 count2007: 46,482 count2008: 44,913 count2009: 41,933 count2010: 38,909 count2011: 38,895 count2012: 41,213 count2013: 38,063 count2014: 39,989 count2015: 40,816 count2016: 42,459 count2017: 43,940 count2018: 42,687 count2019: 40,908 count2020: 46,328 count2021: 46,813 count2022: 44,944 count2023: 45,497 count2024: 43,540 count2025: 36,014 count10K20K30K40K50K19791995201120251979: 18,135 count1980: 20,824 count1981: 19,019 count1982: 19,586 count1983: 18,836 count1984: 21,010 count1985: 22,592 count1986: 25,919 count1987: 25,900 count1988: 26,205 count1989: 27,118 count1990: 32,698 count1991: 35,955 count1992: 37,487 count1993: 39,047 count1994: 38,705 count1995: 40,549 count1996: 41,175 count1997: 42,389 count1998: 38,832 count1999: 38,111 count2000: 40,233 count2001: 42,776 count2002: 41,562 count2003: 40,409 count2004: 41,113 count2005: 45,104 count2006: 46,043 count2007: 46,482 count2008: 44,913 count2009: 41,933 count2010: 38,909 count2011: 38,895 count2012: 41,213 count2013: 38,063 count2014: 39,989 count2015: 40,816 count2016: 42,459 count2017: 43,940 count2018: 42,687 count2019: 40,908 count2020: 46,328 count2021: 46,813 count2022: 44,944 count2023: 45,497 count2024: 43,540 count2025: 36,014 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
202536,014
202443,540
202345,497
202244,944
202146,813
202046,328
201940,908
201842,687
201743,940
201642,459
201540,816
201439,989
201338,063
201241,213
201138,895
201038,909
200941,933
200844,913
200746,482
200646,043
200545,104
200441,113
200340,409
200241,562
200142,776
200040,233
199938,111
199838,832
199742,389
199641,175
199540,549
199438,705
199339,047
199237,487
199135,955
199032,698
198927,118
198826,205
198725,900
198625,919
198522,592
198421,010
198318,836
198219,586
198119,019
198020,824
197918,135

Compared with United States

Place2025
Tennessee36,014
United States1,119,768

Tennessee compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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Violent crimes, 2025, count. Tennessee is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Tennessee, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Tennessee, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/tennessee. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Tennessee, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/tennessee.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Tennessee, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/tennessee (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Tennessee, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Tennessee?

Violent crimes in Tennessee was 36,014 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 17.3% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Tennessee?

46,813 in 2021, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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