What is the crime rate in Chattanooga, TN?

In 2025, the Chattanooga Police Department reported 1,316 violent crimes and 6,425 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 679 violent and 3,314 property crimes per 100,000 of the 193,881 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: 679
Property per 100,000: 3,314
Violent crimes: 1,316
Property crimes: 6,425

Crime reported by the Chattanooga 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	1,953	1,054	8,920	4,812	185,370
2024	1,557	824	7,495	3,968	188,894
2025	1,316	679	6,425	3,314	193,881

Violent crimes reported went from 1,953 in 2023 to 1,316 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 8,920 in 2023 to 6,425 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.

Chattanooga against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Chattanooga	679	3,314
Hamilton County	439	1,981
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 Chattanooga, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Chattanooga	—	679	3,314
Red Bank	4.2 mi	215	1,123
East Ridge	4.9 mi	420	1,360
Rossville	6.7 mi	252	2,042
Signal Mountain	7.5 mi	11	236
Lookout Mountain	7.6 mi	98	635
Fort Oglethorpe	9.3 mi	225	2,227
Lookout Mountain	9.4 mi	0	181
Collegedale	11 mi	52	836

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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