Bolivar, TN Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Bolivar, TN Summary

Crime in Bolivar research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Bolivar over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Bolivar:

  • There were 186 total crimes committed in Bolivar the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,627.9 total crimes per 100K people in Bolivar.
  • The overall crime rate in Bolivar is 56.09% above the national average.
  • Bolivar ranks #218 safest out of 249 cities in Tennessee.
  • Bolivar ranks #8,701 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Bolivar Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Bolivar is 3,627.9 per 100,000 people. That's 56.09% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 14.61% higher than the Tennessee total crime rate of 3,165.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Bolivar
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 186 3,627.9 3,165.5 2,324.2
Murder 3 58.5 9.6 6.3
Robbery 1 19.5 81.0 66.1
Aggravated Assault 92 1,794.4 543.2 268.2
Violent Crime 98 1,911.4 672.7 369.8
Burglary 29 565.6 384.5 269.8
Larceny 50 975.2 1,802.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 9 175.5 306.4 282.7
Property Crime 88 1,716.4 2,492.8 1,954.4

Bolivar Crime Compared To Tennessee Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Tennessee.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Bolivar

98
Violent Crimes
1,911.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
416.89%
Above The National Average
  • There were 98 violent crimes in Bolivar in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Bolivar is 1,911.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 52.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Bolivar each year. That compares to a 1 in 148.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 416.89% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 184.14% higher than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 672.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Bolivar

88
Property Crimes
1,716.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-12.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 88 property crimes in Bolivar in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Bolivar is 1,716.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 58.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Bolivar each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -12.18% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -31.15% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,492.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Bolivar

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bartlett, TN 56,928 1,248 2,192.2 1,951.6 240.7
Collierville, TN 51,439 687 1,335.6 1,187.8 147.7
Germantown, TN 40,859 694 1,698.5 1,529.7 168.9
Corinth, MS 14,216 797 5,606.4 5,121.0 485.4
Millington, TN 10,461 507 4,846.6 4,100.9 745.6
Atoka, TN 10,345 71 686.3 483.3 203.0
Oakland, TN 10,004 33 329.9 229.9 100.0
Munford, TN 6,466 83 1,283.6 1,129.0 154.7
Whiteville, TN 4,430 20 451.5 383.7 67.7

Bolivar SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
3
Amenities
6
Education
4
Commute
6
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