Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Greeneville, TN Crime Grade
How Greeneville 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
5/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Greeneville, TN was 329.2 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 16,099). That puts Greeneville 1% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 33% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Greeneville #2,758 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #30 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is up 27% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Greeneville, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 329.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,758 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #30 of 61
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 27%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 16,099
- Reporting agency
- Greeneville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Greeneville Police Department (FBI ORI TN0300100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Greeneville, TN
Also known as
- Greenville
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. Greeneville (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Greeneville 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 | 435.4(65) | 353.6(55) | 389.4(61) | 258.4(41) | 329.2(53) |
| Murder | 6.7(1) | 12.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) |
| Rape | 26.8(4) | 45.0(7) | 25.5(4) | 18.9(3) | 49.7(8) |
| Robbery | 26.8(4) | 12.9(2) | 12.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 18.6(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 375.1(56) | 282.8(44) | 351.1(55) | 239.5(38) | 254.7(41) |
| Property crime | 3201.6(478) | 3111.3(484) | 2885.0(452) | 1903.4(302) | 1403.8(226) |
| Burglary | 308.1(46) | 366.4(57) | 363.8(57) | 296.2(47) | 93.2(15) |
| Larceny | 2431.3(363) | 2359.2(367) | 2144.6(336) | 1424.4(226) | 1242.3(200) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 462.2(69) | 379.3(59) | 363.8(57) | 176.5(28) | 68.3(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Greeneville, 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 Greeneville 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 Greeneville calculated?
- Greeneville'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 Greeneville 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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