Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lenoir City, TN Crime Grade
How Lenoir 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
4/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lenoir City, TN was 206.7 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 12,578). That puts Lenoir City 36% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 58% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Lenoir City #2,096 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #19 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 41% year over year and down 66% over the last five years.
Lenoir City, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 206.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,096 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #19 of 61
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 41%
- 5-year change
- down 66%
- Population
- 12,578
- Reporting agency
- Lenoir City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lenoir City Police Department (FBI ORI TN0530100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lenoir City, TN
Also known as
- Lenoirs
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. Lenoir City (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lenoir 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 | 617.0(58) | 386.9(41) | 268.4(32) | 348.1(43) | 206.7(26) |
| Murder | 10.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 21.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 25.2(3) | 24.3(3) | 55.7(7) |
| Robbery | 21.3(2) | 18.9(2) | 0.0(0) | 16.2(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 563.8(53) | 368.0(39) | 243.2(29) | 299.5(37) | 151.1(19) |
| Property crime | 2701.8(254) | 2387.5(253) | 1945.7(232) | 1610.8(199) | 1192.6(150) |
| Burglary | 265.9(25) | 160.4(17) | 167.7(20) | 186.2(23) | 119.3(15) |
| Larceny | 2244.4(211) | 2113.8(224) | 1618.6(193) | 1287.0(159) | 1001.7(126) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 170.2(16) | 113.2(12) | 151.0(18) | 137.6(17) | 71.6(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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 Lenoir City calculated?
- Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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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