Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbia, TN Crime Grade
How Columbia 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 Columbia, TN was 370.9 per 100,000 residents (188 incidents over a population of 50,684). That puts Columbia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 25% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbia (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbia 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 | 680.5(290) | 691.2(310) | 558.9(267) | 573.2(283) | 370.9(188) |
| Murder | 4.7(2) | 4.5(2) | 4.2(2) | 12.2(6) | 5.9(3) |
| Rape | 39.9(17) | 44.6(20) | 31.4(15) | 52.7(26) | 23.7(12) |
| Robbery | 46.9(20) | 53.5(24) | 39.8(19) | 32.4(16) | 21.7(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 589.0(251) | 588.6(264) | 483.6(231) | 476.0(235) | 319.6(162) |
| Property crime | 2548.5(1,086) | 2124.8(953) | 2231.5(1,066) | 1916.0(946) | 1489.6(755) |
| Burglary | 349.7(149) | 272.0(122) | 334.9(160) | 348.4(172) | 185.5(94) |
| Larceny | 1856.2(791) | 1591.9(714) | 1643.3(785) | 1405.6(694) | 1134.5(575) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 333.2(142) | 247.5(111) | 247.0(118) | 160.0(79) | 159.8(81) |
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: Columbia'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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