Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chattanooga, TN Crime Grade
How Chattanooga 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
9/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Chattanooga, TN was 704.6 per 100,000 residents (1,366 incidents over a population of 193,881). That puts Chattanooga Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 43% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chattanooga (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chattanooga 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 | 1280.7(2,385) | 1088.7(1,988) | 1057.9(1,961) | 832.2(1,572) | 704.6(1,366) |
| Murder | 18.3(34) | 14.2(26) | 16.7(31) | 12.7(24) | 8.3(16) |
| Rape | 98.3(183) | 93.1(170) | 91.2(169) | 94.2(178) | 67.6(131) |
| Robbery | 101.0(188) | 117.7(215) | 105.7(196) | 97.4(184) | 73.2(142) |
| Aggravated assault | 1063.2(1,980) | 863.6(1,577) | 844.3(1,565) | 627.9(1,186) | 555.5(1,077) |
| Property crime | 5823.7(10,845) | 5185.6(9,469) | 4816.3(8,928) | 3981.1(7,520) | 3329.4(6,455) |
| Burglary | 607.3(1,131) | 577.2(1,054) | 516.3(957) | 376.4(711) | 359.0(696) |
| Larceny | 4343.2(8,088) | 3859.2(7,047) | 3547.0(6,575) | 2928.1(5,531) | 2532.0(4,909) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 857.0(1,596) | 736.6(1,345) | 742.3(1,376) | 665.5(1,257) | 431.2(836) |
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: Chattanooga'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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