Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Morristown, TN Crime Grade
How Morristown 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
9/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Morristown, TN was 514.0 per 100,000 residents (173 incidents over a population of 33,656). That puts Morristown Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 4% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Morristown #3,300 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #51 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 34% year over year and down 31% over the last five years.
Morristown, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 514.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,300 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #51 of 61
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 34%
- 5-year change
- down 31%
- Population
- 33,656
- Reporting agency
- Morristown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Morristown Police Department (FBI ORI TN0320100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Morristown (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Morristown 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 | 749.7(228) | 722.9(224) | 676.6(216) | 777.7(254) | 514.0(173) |
| Murder | 3.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 52.6(16) | 48.4(15) | 59.5(19) | 45.9(15) | 62.4(21) |
| Robbery | 62.5(19) | 45.2(14) | 37.6(12) | 33.7(11) | 26.7(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 631.3(192) | 629.3(195) | 579.5(185) | 695.0(227) | 424.9(143) |
| Property crime | 3567.6(1,085) | 3720.8(1,153) | 3066.8(979) | 2513.8(821) | 2106.6(709) |
| Burglary | 365.0(111) | 432.4(134) | 375.9(120) | 254.1(83) | 187.2(63) |
| Larceny | 2837.6(863) | 2752.7(853) | 2324.3(742) | 1974.9(645) | 1782.7(600) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 358.4(109) | 516.3(160) | 360.2(115) | 269.4(88) | 121.8(41) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Morristown, 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 Morristown 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 Morristown calculated?
- Morristown'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 Morristown 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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