Greeneville, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Greeneville, TN Summary

Crime in Greeneville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Greeneville 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 Greeneville:

  • There were 342 total crimes committed in Greeneville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,155.6 total crimes per 100K people in Greeneville.
  • The overall crime rate in Greeneville is 1.71% above the national average.
  • Greeneville ranks #131 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Greeneville ranks #7,514 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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Greeneville Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Greeneville is 2,155.6 per 100,000 people. That's 1.71% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -17.86% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Greeneville
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 342 2,155.6 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 38 239.5 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 41 258.4 592.3 359.0
Burglary 47 296.2 251.8 229.0
Larceny 226 1,424.4 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 28 176.5 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 301 1,897.1 2,032.1 1,760.0

Greeneville 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 Greeneville

41
Violent Crimes
258.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-28.02%
Below The National Average
  • There were 41 violent crimes in Greeneville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Greeneville is 258.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 387.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Greeneville each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -28.02% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.37% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Greeneville

301
Property Crimes
1,897.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
7.79%
Above The National Average
  • There were 301 property crimes in Greeneville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Greeneville is 1,897.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 52.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Greeneville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 7.79% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.64% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Greeneville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Asheville, NC 95,219 4,467 4,691.3 3,895.2 796.1
Morristown, TN 32,660 1,057 3,236.4 2,470.9 765.5
Sevierville, TN 18,084 653 3,610.9 3,174.1 436.9
Waynesville, NC 10,813 358 3,310.8 2,811.4 499.4
Black Mountain, NC 8,564 106 1,237.7 1,179.4 58.4
Woodfin, NC 8,031 101 1,257.6 1,083.3 174.3
Church Hill, TN 7,311 22 300.9 273.6 27.4
Jonesborough, TN 6,684 99 1,481.1 1,331.5 149.6
Mount Carmel, TN 5,572 35 628.1 538.4 89.7
Rogersville, TN 4,623 84 1,817.0 1,665.6 151.4

Greeneville SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
5
Affordability
7
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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