Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
White House, TN Crime Grade
How White House 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
2/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in White House, TN was 154.9 per 100,000 residents (27 incidents over a population of 17,430). That puts White House 52% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 69% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks White House #1,668 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 56% of them, and #11 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 39% year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
White House, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 154.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,668 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #11 of 61
- Safer than
- 56% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 39%
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 17,430
- Reporting agency
- White House Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by White House Police Department (FBI ORI TN0830300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About White House, TN
Also known as
- Whitehouse
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. White House (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
White House 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 | 195.8(26) | 161.0(23) | 189.6(29) | 253.4(41) | 154.9(27) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.5(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 45.2(6) | 35.0(5) | 45.8(7) | 24.7(4) | 17.2(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 13.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 5.7(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 150.6(20) | 126.0(18) | 124.2(19) | 228.7(37) | 132.0(23) |
| Property crime | 783.0(104) | 1448.6(207) | 1438.4(220) | 778.9(126) | 768.8(134) |
| Burglary | 60.2(8) | 154.0(22) | 117.7(18) | 55.6(9) | 80.3(14) |
| Larceny | 655.0(87) | 1203.6(172) | 1189.9(182) | 649.1(105) | 642.6(112) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 67.8(9) | 91.0(13) | 124.2(19) | 74.2(12) | 45.9(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the White House, 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 White House 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 White House calculated?
- White House'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 White House 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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