Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Elizabethton, TN Crime Grade
How Elizabethton 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
5/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Elizabethton, TN was 270.0 per 100,000 residents (39 incidents over a population of 14,446). That puts Elizabethton 17% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 45% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Elizabethton #2,492 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #27 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is up 60% year over year and down 30% over the last five years.
Elizabethton, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 270.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,492 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #27 of 61
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 60%
- 5-year change
- down 30%
- Population
- 14,446
- Reporting agency
- Elizabethton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Elizabethton Police Department (FBI ORI TN0100100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Elizabethton, TN
Also known as
- Sycamore Shoals
- Elizabeth
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. Elizabethton (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Elizabethton 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 | 387.9(52) | 317.3(44) | 340.3(48) | 168.7(24) | 270.0(39) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 14.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 7.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 365.5(49) | 302.9(42) | 340.3(48) | 154.6(22) | 270.0(39) |
| Property crime | 3319.4(445) | 2192.1(304) | 1970.7(278) | 1743.0(248) | 2173.6(314) |
| Burglary | 477.4(64) | 201.9(28) | 177.2(25) | 154.6(22) | 249.2(36) |
| Larceny | 2357.2(316) | 1817.1(252) | 1658.8(234) | 1476.0(210) | 1779.0(257) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 469.9(63) | 165.8(23) | 127.6(18) | 112.5(16) | 117.7(17) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Elizabethton, 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 Elizabethton 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 Elizabethton calculated?
- Elizabethton'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 Elizabethton 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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