Chattanooga, TN crime rate
In 2025 the Chattanooga Police Department reported 678.8 violent crimes and 3,313.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Tennessee and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2021: possibly incomplete. 34 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Jul, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2022: 26 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Chattanooga compare with Tennessee and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Chattanooga only.
What offenses were reported in Chattanooga, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Tennessee | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,316 | 678.8 | 492.3 | 327.6 | down 17.7% | down 46.7% |
| Murder | 17 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 4.1 | down 30.7% | See data note |
| Rape | 139 | 71.7 | 35.3 | 36.1 | down 24.4% | down 27.4% |
| Robbery | 140 | 72.2 | 41.5 | 49.4 | down 25.5% | down 28.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,020 | 526.1 | 409.1 | 238.0 | down 15.1% | down 50.2% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 6,425 | 3,313.9 | 1,636.6 | 1,534.8 | down 16.5% | down 43.0% |
| Burglary | 688 | 354.9 | 204.5 | 193.6 | down 5.7% | down 41.5% |
| Larceny-theft | 4,889 | 2,521.6 | 1,205.7 | 1,144.1 | down 13.6% | down 41.9% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 834 | 430.2 | 226.4 | 197.0 | down 35.1% | down 49.8% |
| Arson | 14 | 7.2 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 32.1% | down 55.3% |
Reported = offenses known to the Chattanooga Police Department and sent to the FBI. Tennessee and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Chattanooga | United States | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,274.3 | 387.0 | 671.8 |
| 2022 | 1,085.4 | 388.7 | 637.4 |
| 2023 | 1,053.6 | 379.5 | 636.5 |
| 2024 | 824.3 | 362.9 | 602.4 |
| 2025 | 678.8 | 327.6 | 492.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Chattanooga | United States | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5,818.3 | 1,832.3 | 2,255.8 |
| 2022 | 5,178.4 | 1,973.8 | 2,331.3 |
| 2023 | 4,812.0 | 1,934.1 | 2,373.3 |
| 2024 | 3,967.8 | 1,761.1 | 2,047.7 |
| 2025 | 3,313.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,636.6 |
Is Chattanooga safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Chattanooga Police Department reported, 678.8 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Tennessee's 492.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 17.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
For 2025, 1,316 violent crimes and 6,425 property crimes were reported to the FBI by the Chattanooga Police Department. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Chattanooga Police Department, the violent rate of 678.8 was 1.4 times the Tennessee estimate of 492.3 and 2.1 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate, 3,313.9, was 2.0 times the state figure and 2.2 times the national rate.
Violent crime fell 46.7% from its 2021 rate of 1,274.3, and 17.7% in the last year alone. Property crime is down 43.0% since 2021 and 16.5% since 2024. Tennessee's violent estimate went from 671.8 in 2021 to 492.3 in 2025.
Aggravated assault, 78% of violent crime, was down 50.2% from 2021. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 35.1%, to 430.2 per 100,000. Larceny-theft, 76% of property crime, fell 41.9% from 2021.
The city had 17 homicides in 2025, 8.8 per 100,000, down 30.7% from 2024. The 2021 murder count is flagged as possibly incomplete because some months were sent as zero, so it is not compared. Every month was reported for each of the 5 years shown, with NIBRS reporting since 2000.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, Chattanooga State Community College and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.86 per 1,000 residents (397 officers, 157 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Tennessee cities
The nearest Tennessee cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Chattanooga Police Department (ORI TN0330100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Tennessee and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0330100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Chattanooga Police Department (TN0330100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TN0330100__from-2021-to-2025.json)