What is the crime rate in Jefferson City, TN?

In 2025, the Jefferson City Police Department reported 20 violent crimes and 211 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 218 violent and 2,300 property crimes per 100,000 of the 9,173 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: 218
Property per 100,000: 2,300
Violent crimes: 20
Property crimes: 211

Crime reported by the Jefferson City 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	21	248	145	1,711	8,474
2024	30	338	219	2,467	8,877
2025	20	218	211	2,300	9,173

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 20 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 145 in 2023 to 211 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.

Jefferson City against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Jefferson City	218	2,300
Jefferson County	149	902
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 Jefferson City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Jefferson City	—	218	2,300
New Market	4.5 mi	70	210
Dandridge	6.9 mi	201	831
White Pine	11 mi	231	887
Morristown	12 mi	514	2,116
Blaine	12 mi	93	880
Sevierville	17 mi	385	3,054
Plainview	18 mi	90	587
Bean Station	19 mi	667	1,524

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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