Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lebanon, TN Crime Grade
How Lebanon 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
4/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lebanon, TN was 266.1 per 100,000 residents (147 incidents over a population of 55,250). That puts Lebanon Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 46% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Lebanon #2,472 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #25 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 24% year over year and down 43% over the last five years.
Lebanon, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 266.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,472 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #25 of 61
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 24%
- 5-year change
- down 43%
- Population
- 55,250
- Reporting agency
- Lebanon Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lebanon Police Department (FBI ORI TN0950100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lebanon, TN
Also known as
- Ruth
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. Lebanon (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lebanon 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 | 465.5(184) | 454.7(197) | 407.8(192) | 348.5(180) | 266.1(147) |
| Murder | 10.1(4) | 4.6(2) | 4.2(2) | 5.8(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 68.3(27) | 53.1(23) | 40.4(19) | 40.7(21) | 19.9(11) |
| Robbery | 40.5(16) | 32.3(14) | 25.5(12) | 9.7(5) | 10.9(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 346.6(137) | 364.7(158) | 337.7(159) | 292.3(151) | 235.3(130) |
| Property crime | 1847.0(730) | 1648.2(714) | 1554.7(732) | 1039.6(537) | 711.3(393) |
| Burglary | 285.9(113) | 242.4(105) | 165.7(78) | 135.5(70) | 59.7(33) |
| Larceny | 1373.8(543) | 1237.3(536) | 1191.5(561) | 803.4(415) | 584.6(323) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 177.1(70) | 163.9(71) | 189.0(89) | 94.9(49) | 67.0(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lebanon, 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 Lebanon 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 Lebanon calculated?
- Lebanon'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 Lebanon 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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