What is the crime rate in Carthage, TN?

In 2025, the Carthage Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 49 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 354 violent and 2,169 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,259 residents it serves.

Across Tennessee the rates were 499 and 1,662.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 354
Property per 100,000: 2,169
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 49

Crime reported by the Carthage Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	4	173	72	3,117	2,310
2024	11	488	49	2,173	2,255
2025	8	354	49	2,169	2,259

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 72 in 2023 to 49 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Carthage against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carthage	354	2,169
Smith County	167	538
Tennessee	499	1,662
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Carthage, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carthage	—	354	2,169
South Carthage	1.4 mi	62	559
Gordonsville	4.9 mi	216	431
Alexandria	13 mi	400	699
Watertown	15 mi	360	180
Baxter	19 mi	46	959
Lafayette	19 mi	250	1,715
Red Boiling Springs	20 mi	576	493
Smithville	22 mi	511	440

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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