Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dyersburg, TN Crime Grade
How Dyersburg 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 Dyersburg, TN was 945.5 per 100,000 residents (150 incidents over a population of 15,865). That puts Dyersburg 191% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 92% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Dyersburg #3,671 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #60 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 29% over the last five years.
Dyersburg, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 945.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,671 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #60 of 61
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 29%
- Population
- 15,865
- Reporting agency
- Dyersburg Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dyersburg Police Department (FBI ORI TN0230100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dyersburg, TN
Also known as
- McIvers Bluff
- Dyersville
- Dyersburgh
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dyersburg (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dyersburg 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 | 1326.6(212) | 1157.1(185) | 1171.6(186) | 1011.5(161) | 945.5(150) |
| Murder | 18.8(3) | 31.3(5) | 6.3(1) | 18.8(3) | 6.3(1) |
| Rape | 81.3(13) | 93.8(15) | 113.4(18) | 81.7(13) | 81.9(13) |
| Robbery | 93.9(15) | 37.5(6) | 107.1(17) | 56.5(9) | 37.8(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 1132.6(181) | 994.5(159) | 944.8(150) | 854.4(136) | 819.4(130) |
| Property crime | 5062.3(809) | 5053.8(808) | 5158.7(819) | 4781.1(761) | 4084.5(648) |
| Burglary | 1301.5(208) | 1082.1(173) | 869.2(138) | 955.0(152) | 655.5(104) |
| Larceny | 3291.4(526) | 3621.5(579) | 3791.9(602) | 3512.0(559) | 3120.1(495) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 444.3(71) | 331.5(53) | 485.0(77) | 295.3(47) | 271.0(43) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dyersburg, 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 Dyersburg 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 Dyersburg calculated?
- Dyersburg'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 Dyersburg 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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