Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Clarksville, TN Crime Grade
How Clarksville 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
6/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Clarksville, TN was 362.1 per 100,000 residents (690 incidents over a population of 190,532). That puts Clarksville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 27% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Clarksville #2,894 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 23% of them, and #34 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 39% over the last five years.
Clarksville, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 362.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,894 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #34 of 61
- Safer than
- 23% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 39%
- Population
- 190,532
- Reporting agency
- Clarksville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Clarksville Police Department (FBI ORI TN0630100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Clarksville (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Clarksville 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 | 589.0(968) | 509.3(890) | 474.9(864) | 414.4(768) | 362.1(690) |
| Murder | 9.7(16) | 6.3(11) | 5.5(10) | 4.9(9) | 10.0(19) |
| Rape | 77.3(127) | 57.8(101) | 63.8(116) | 57.2(106) | 44.6(85) |
| Robbery | 52.3(86) | 38.3(67) | 29.7(54) | 23.2(43) | 16.8(32) |
| Aggravated assault | 449.7(739) | 406.9(711) | 376.0(684) | 329.1(610) | 290.8(554) |
| Property crime | 2171.8(3,569) | 2004.7(3,503) | 1767.8(3,216) | 1654.2(3,066) | 1291.1(2,460) |
| Burglary | 280.5(461) | 249.5(436) | 218.2(397) | 203.9(378) | 106.5(203) |
| Larceny | 1619.9(2,662) | 1509.7(2,638) | 1316.0(2,394) | 1256.5(2,329) | 1007.2(1,919) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 264.1(434) | 239.8(419) | 225.9(411) | 184.0(341) | 172.7(329) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Clarksville, TN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Clarksville Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Clarksville calculated?
- Clarksville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Tennessee state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Tennessee cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Clarksville Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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