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Chattanooga Crime Rate Report (Tennessee)

Chattanooga crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Chattanooga for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Chattanooga in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 113.79% and the city property crime rate in Chattanooga was higher than the national property crime rate average by 116.35%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Chattanooga was higher than the violent crime rate in Tennessee by 42.27% and the city property crime rate in Chattanooga was higher than the property crime rate in Tennessee by 102.9%.

Property and Violent Crime
Chattanooga Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Chattanooga Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Chattanooga Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,065
Arson14
Burglary696
Larceny and Theft4,904
Motor Vehicle Theft838
Murder and Manslaughter16
Rape136
Robbery141
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,138
Property Crime6,438
Violent Crime1,358
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,460
Arson23
Burglary605
Larceny and Theft5,626
Motor Vehicle Theft1,265
Murder and Manslaughter23
Rape179
Robbery116
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)10,195
Property Crime7,495
Violent Crime1,779

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Chattanooga Property Crime

Chattanooga Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Chattanooga Crime 2025

Chattanooga Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Chattanooga Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Chattanooga Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Chattanooga, Tennessee crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Chattanooga crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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