Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oak Ridge, TN Crime Grade
How Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge, TN was 311.1 per 100,000 residents (108 incidents over a population of 34,716). That puts Oak Ridge Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 37% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Oak Ridge #2,694 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #29 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is up 5% year over year and down 41% over the last five years.
Oak Ridge, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 311.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,694 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #29 of 61
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 5%
- 5-year change
- down 41%
- Population
- 34,716
- Reporting agency
- Oak Ridge Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oak Ridge Police Department (FBI ORI TN0010300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oak Ridge, TN
Also known as
- Elza
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. Oak Ridge (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oak Ridge 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 | 528.2(155) | 322.6(104) | 334.2(111) | 296.4(101) | 311.1(108) |
| Murder | 3.4(1) | 3.1(1) | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.9(1) |
| Rape | 78.4(23) | 40.3(13) | 27.1(9) | 55.8(19) | 49.0(17) |
| Robbery | 23.9(7) | 9.3(3) | 15.1(5) | 8.8(3) | 11.5(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 422.6(124) | 269.8(87) | 289.1(96) | 231.9(79) | 247.7(86) |
| Property crime | 2532.1(743) | 1783.3(575) | 1526.6(507) | 1297.3(442) | 1192.5(414) |
| Burglary | 310.1(91) | 161.3(52) | 162.6(54) | 217.2(74) | 178.6(62) |
| Larceny | 2038.0(598) | 1494.9(482) | 1273.7(423) | 1003.8(342) | 921.8(320) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 177.2(52) | 121.0(39) | 84.3(28) | 61.6(21) | 89.3(31) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge calculated?
- Oak Ridge'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 Oak Ridge 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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