Cookeville, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cookeville, TN Summary

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

  • There were 728 total crimes committed in Cookeville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,954.5 total crimes per 100K people in Cookeville.
  • The overall crime rate in Cookeville is -7.77% below the national average.
  • Cookeville ranks #123 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Cookeville ranks #7,123 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Cookeville Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cookeville is 1,954.5 per 100,000 people. That's -7.77% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -25.53% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cookeville
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 728 1,954.5 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 3 8.1 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 85 228.2 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 109 292.6 592.3 359.0
Burglary 64 171.8 251.8 229.0
Larceny 504 1,353.1 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 51 136.9 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 619 1,661.8 2,032.1 1,760.0

Cookeville Crime Compared To Tennessee Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Tennessee.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Cookeville

109
Violent Crimes
292.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-18.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 109 violent crimes in Cookeville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cookeville is 292.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 341.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cookeville each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -18.49% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -50.59% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cookeville

619
Property Crimes
1,661.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-5.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 619 property crimes in Cookeville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cookeville is 1,661.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cookeville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -5.58% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.22% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cookeville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lebanon, TN 51,653 712 1,378.4 1,033.8 344.6
McMinnville, TN 13,787 318 2,306.5 1,668.2 638.3
Crossville, TN 12,842 415 3,231.6 2,585.3 646.3
Sparta, TN 4,887 116 2,373.6 2,250.9 122.8

Cookeville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
5
Diversity
7
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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