Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
East Ridge, TN Crime Grade
How East Ridge 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
8/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in East Ridge, TN was 415.3 per 100,000 residents (91 incidents over a population of 21,911). That puts East Ridge 28% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 16% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks East Ridge #3,078 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #45 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
East Ridge, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 415.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,078 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #45 of 61
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 21,911
- Reporting agency
- East Ridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by East Ridge Police Department (FBI ORI TN0330200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About East Ridge, TN
Also known as
- Smokey Row
- Nickel Row
- East Side
- Penny Row
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. East Ridge (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
East Ridge 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 | 654.9(139) | 587.4(128) | 554.8(121) | 411.2(90) | 415.3(91) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.6(1) | 4.6(1) |
| Rape | 37.7(8) | 41.3(9) | 45.8(10) | 68.5(15) | 36.5(8) |
| Robbery | 51.8(11) | 36.7(8) | 18.3(4) | 18.3(4) | 27.4(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 565.4(120) | 504.8(110) | 490.6(107) | 319.8(70) | 346.9(76) |
| Property crime | 2412.2(512) | 2230.4(486) | 2246.6(490) | 2019.6(442) | 1346.4(295) |
| Burglary | 320.4(68) | 293.7(64) | 197.1(43) | 155.4(34) | 168.9(37) |
| Larceny | 1785.6(379) | 1587.9(346) | 1778.9(388) | 1699.7(372) | 1017.8(223) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 296.8(63) | 330.4(72) | 261.3(57) | 155.4(34) | 146.0(32) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the East Ridge, 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 East Ridge 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 East Ridge calculated?
- East Ridge'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 East Ridge 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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