Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Knoxville, TN Crime Grade
How Knoxville grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Tennessee — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
10/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Knoxville, TN was 684.3 per 100,000 residents (1,373 incidents over a population of 200,645). That puts Knoxville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Knoxville (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Knoxville vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 835.7(1,600) | 844.8(1,645) | 818.1(1,621) | 742.3(1,488) | 684.3(1,373) |
| Murder | 20.9(40) | 17.5(34) | 12.1(24) | 11.5(23) | 8.0(16) |
| Rape | 77.8(149) | 79.1(154) | 79.7(158) | 65.4(131) | 72.8(146) |
| Robbery | 89.8(172) | 91.4(178) | 87.8(174) | 81.8(164) | 55.8(112) |
| Aggravated assault | 647.1(1,239) | 656.8(1,279) | 638.5(1,265) | 583.7(1,170) | 547.7(1,099) |
| Property crime | 4035.2(7,726) | 3916.8(7,627) | 3138.3(6,218) | 2733.8(5,480) | 2356.4(4,728) |
| Burglary | 479.5(918) | 449.9(876) | 400.7(794) | 329.2(660) | 328.4(659) |
| Larceny | 2958.8(5,665) | 2972.9(5,789) | 2289.4(4,536) | 2015.4(4,040) | 1740.9(3,493) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 590.2(1,130) | 492.0(958) | 444.7(881) | 384.6(771) | 285.6(573) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Knoxville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Tennessee cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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