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Knoxville Crime Rate Report (Tennessee)

Knoxville crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Knoxville for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Knoxville in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 109.02% and the city property crime rate in Knoxville was higher than the national property crime rate average by 53.46%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Knoxville was higher than the violent crime rate in Tennessee by 39.09% and the city property crime rate in Knoxville was higher than the property crime rate in Tennessee by 43.92%.

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

Knoxville Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,099
Arson3
Burglary660
Larceny and Theft3,493
Motor Vehicle Theft573
Murder and Manslaughter16
Rape147
Robbery112
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)6,118
Property Crime4,726
Violent Crime1,374
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,220
Arson4
Burglary390
Larceny and Theft3,293
Motor Vehicle Theft749
Murder and Manslaughter24
Rape141
Robbery74
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)5,824
Property Crime4,432
Violent Crime1,459

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Knoxville Property Crime

Knoxville Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Knoxville Crime 2025

Knoxville Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Knoxville Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Knoxville Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Knoxville, 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 Knoxville crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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