Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Union City, TN Crime Grade
How Union 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 Union City, TN was 462.7 per 100,000 residents (50 incidents over a population of 10,806). That puts Union City 42% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 6% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Union City #3,198 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 15% of them, and #48 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 36% year over year and down 48% over the last five years.
Union City, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 462.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,198 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #48 of 61
- Safer than
- 15% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 36%
- 5-year change
- down 48%
- Population
- 10,806
- Reporting agency
- Union City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Union City Police Department (FBI ORI TN0660100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Union City, TN
Also known as
- Union Grove
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. Union City (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Union 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 | 895.6(92) | 873.0(96) | 577.9(63) | 725.6(79) | 462.7(50) |
| Murder | 19.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.3(1) |
| Rape | 48.7(5) | 90.9(10) | 146.8(16) | 55.1(6) | 64.8(7) |
| Robbery | 9.7(1) | 9.1(1) | 18.3(2) | 18.4(2) | 27.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 817.8(84) | 773.0(85) | 412.8(45) | 652.2(71) | 360.9(39) |
| Property crime | 4273.8(439) | 4074.2(448) | 3274.9(357) | 2498.4(272) | 2109.9(228) |
| Burglary | 623.1(64) | 482.0(53) | 577.9(63) | 248.0(27) | 194.3(21) |
| Larceny | 3125.0(321) | 3228.4(355) | 2522.7(275) | 1974.8(215) | 1749.0(189) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 477.0(49) | 354.7(39) | 174.3(19) | 238.8(26) | 148.1(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Union 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 Union 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 Union City calculated?
- Union 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 Union 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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