Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Johnson City, TN Crime Grade
How Johnson City 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 Johnson City, TN was 413.3 per 100,000 residents (307 incidents over a population of 74,280). That puts Johnson City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Johnson City #3,070 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #43 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and up 8% over the last five years.
Johnson City, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 413.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,070 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #43 of 61
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- up 8%
- Population
- 74,280
- Reporting agency
- Johnson City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Johnson City Police Department (FBI ORI TN0900100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Johnson City, TN
Also known as
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Tank
- Johnsons Depot
- Blue Plum Station
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. Johnson City (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Johnson City 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 | 383.6(259) | 380.6(274) | 400.1(293) | 429.2(318) | 413.3(307) |
| Murder | 8.9(6) | 4.2(3) | 9.6(7) | 5.4(4) | 1.3(1) |
| Rape | 53.3(36) | 80.6(58) | 73.7(54) | 86.4(64) | 74.0(55) |
| Robbery | 54.8(37) | 33.3(24) | 58.7(43) | 33.7(25) | 35.0(26) |
| Aggravated assault | 266.6(180) | 262.5(189) | 258.1(189) | 303.7(225) | 302.9(225) |
| Property crime | 3348.9(2,261) | 3436.7(2,474) | 2832.4(2,074) | 2371.3(1,757) | 2135.2(1,586) |
| Burglary | 364.4(246) | 319.5(230) | 295.0(216) | 209.2(155) | 189.8(141) |
| Larceny | 2637.9(1,781) | 2835.2(2,041) | 2283.4(1,672) | 1977.2(1,465) | 1806.7(1,342) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 328.8(222) | 257.0(185) | 233.5(171) | 176.8(131) | 125.2(93) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Johnson City, 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 Johnson City 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 Johnson City calculated?
- Johnson City'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 Johnson City 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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