La Follette, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In La Follette, TN Summary

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

  • There were 86 total crimes committed in La Follette in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,196.6 total crimes per 100K people in La Follette.
  • The overall crime rate in La Follette is -43.54% below the national average.
  • La Follette ranks #76 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • La Follette ranks #5,117 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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La Follette Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in La Follette is 1,196.6 per 100,000 people. That's -43.54% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -54.40% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
La Follette
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 86 1,196.6 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 1 13.9 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 306.1 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 23 320.0 592.3 359.0
Burglary 8 111.3 251.8 229.0
Larceny 42 584.4 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 13 180.9 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 63 876.6 2,032.1 1,760.0

La Follette 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 La Follette

23
Violent Crimes
320.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-10.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in La Follette in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in La Follette is 320.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 312.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in La Follette each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -10.86% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.97% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In La Follette

63
Property Crimes
876.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.19%
Below The National Average
  • There were 63 property crimes in La Follette in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in La Follette is 876.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 114.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in La Follette each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.19% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -56.86% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around La Follette

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Oak Ridge, TN 34,071 534 1,567.3 1,276.7 290.6
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
Alcoa, TN 14,270 249 1,744.9 1,359.5 385.4
Clinton, TN 10,430 271 2,598.3 2,147.7 450.6
Kingston, TN 6,306 27 428.2 301.3 126.9

La Follette SnackAbility

3
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
3
Commute
6
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