Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cleveland, TN Crime Grade
How Cleveland 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
9/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cleveland, TN was 545.0 per 100,000 residents (277 incidents over a population of 50,830). That puts Cleveland Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 10% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Cleveland #3,347 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 11% of them, and #53 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is up 24% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Cleveland, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 545.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,347 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #53 of 61
- Safer than
- 11% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 24%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 50,830
- Reporting agency
- Cleveland Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cleveland Police Department (FBI ORI TN0060100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cleveland (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cleveland 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 | 809.6(376) | 732.8(356) | 445.9(218) | 440.6(218) | 545.0(277) |
| Murder | 8.6(4) | 2.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.1(3) | 5.9(3) |
| Rape | 23.7(11) | 37.1(18) | 43.0(21) | 18.2(9) | 25.6(13) |
| Robbery | 103.4(48) | 53.5(26) | 38.9(19) | 62.6(31) | 41.3(21) |
| Aggravated assault | 674.0(313) | 640.2(311) | 364.1(178) | 353.7(175) | 472.2(240) |
| Property crime | 4397.1(2,042) | 3435.6(1,669) | 2747.3(1,343) | 2372.6(1,174) | 1784.4(907) |
| Burglary | 602.9(280) | 352.0(171) | 274.1(134) | 268.8(133) | 184.9(94) |
| Larceny | 3344.1(1,553) | 2774.9(1,348) | 2242.0(1,096) | 1942.1(961) | 1461.7(743) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 432.8(201) | 296.4(144) | 223.0(109) | 145.5(72) | 133.8(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cleveland, 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 Cleveland 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 Cleveland calculated?
- Cleveland'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 Cleveland 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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