What is the crime rate in Elizabethton, TN?

In 2025, the Elizabethton Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 314 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 270 violent and 2,174 property crimes per 100,000 of the 14,446 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: 270
Property per 100,000: 2,174
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 314

Crime reported by the Elizabethton 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	48	340	278	1,971	14,107
2024	25	176	248	1,743	14,228
2025	39	270	314	2,174	14,446

Violent crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 278 in 2023 to 314 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.

Elizabethton against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Elizabethton	270	2,174
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 Elizabethton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Elizabethton	—	270	2,174
Johnson City	8.0 mi	419	2,138
Bluff City	8.6 mi	488	1,411
Unicoi	9.6 mi	26	1,116
Jonesborough	14 mi	129	947
Bristol	15 mi	357	1,919
Erwin	17 mi	133	516
Bristol	20 mi	496	2,686
Kingsport	21 mi	572	2,224

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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