Jonesborough, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Jonesborough, TN Summary

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

  • There were 99 total crimes committed in Jonesborough in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,481.1 total crimes per 100K people in Jonesborough.
  • The overall crime rate in Jonesborough is -30.11% below the national average.
  • Jonesborough ranks #99 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Jonesborough ranks #5,985 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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Jonesborough Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Jonesborough is 1,481.1 per 100,000 people. That's -30.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -43.56% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Jonesborough
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 99 1,481.1 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 104.7 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 10 149.6 592.3 359.0
Burglary 9 134.6 251.8 229.0
Larceny 64 957.5 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 16 239.4 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 89 1,331.5 2,032.1 1,760.0

Jonesborough 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 Jonesborough

10
Violent Crimes
149.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-58.33%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Jonesborough in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Jonesborough is 149.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 668.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Jonesborough each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -58.33% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -74.74% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Jonesborough

89
Property Crimes
1,331.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-24.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 89 property crimes in Jonesborough in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Jonesborough is 1,331.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Jonesborough each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -24.34% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -34.48% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Jonesborough

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Kingsport, TN 57,138 1,943 3,400.5 2,959.5 441.0
Morristown, TN 32,660 1,057 3,236.4 2,470.9 765.5
Bristol, TN 28,082 652 2,321.8 1,958.5 363.2
Boone, NC 20,024 200 998.8 908.9 89.9
Elizabethton, TN 14,228 243 1,707.9 1,560.3 147.6
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
Erwin, TN 5,931 36 607.0 556.4 50.6
Mount Carmel, TN 5,572 35 628.1 538.4 89.7

Jonesborough SnackAbility

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