What is the crime rate in Dayton, TN?

In 2025, the Dayton Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 61 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 203 violent and 773 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,894 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: 203
Property per 100,000: 773
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 61

Crime reported by the Dayton 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	13	173	124	1,655	7,493
2024	24	322	122	1,634	7,465
2025	16	203	61	773	7,894

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 124 in 2023 to 61 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.

Dayton against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Dayton	203	773
Rhea County	211	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 Dayton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Dayton	—	203	773
Graysville	5.0 mi	0	66
Decatur	12 mi	179	1,376
Pikeville	13 mi	158	740
Spring City	15 mi	149	448
Soddy-Daisy	19 mi	170	1,301
Athens	23 mi	418	2,784
Cleveland	23 mi	547	1,796
Dunlap	23 mi	131	539

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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