Oak Ridge, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oak Ridge, TN Summary

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

  • There were 534 total crimes committed in Oak Ridge in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,567.3 total crimes per 100K people in Oak Ridge.
  • The overall crime rate in Oak Ridge is -26.04% below the national average.
  • Oak Ridge ranks #103 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Oak Ridge ranks #6,221 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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Oak Ridge Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oak Ridge is 1,567.3 per 100,000 people. That's -26.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -40.28% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oak Ridge
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 534 1,567.3 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.9 5.0
Robbery 3 8.8 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 78 228.9 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 99 290.6 592.3 359.0
Burglary 71 208.4 251.8 229.0
Larceny 343 1,006.7 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 21 61.6 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 435 1,276.7 2,032.1 1,760.0

Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge

99
Violent Crimes
290.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-19.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 99 violent crimes in Oak Ridge in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oak Ridge is 290.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 344.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oak Ridge each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -19.06% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -50.94% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oak Ridge

435
Property Crimes
1,276.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-27.46%
Below The National Average
  • There were 435 property crimes in Oak Ridge in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oak Ridge is 1,276.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 78.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oak Ridge each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -27.46% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -37.17% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oak Ridge

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Knoxville, TN 200,457 6,939 3,461.6 2,721.3 740.3
Clinton, TN 10,430 271 2,598.3 2,147.7 450.6
Kingston, TN 6,306 27 428.2 301.3 126.9
Harriman, TN 6,246 254 4,066.6 3,586.3 480.3
Oliver Springs, TN 3,430 54 1,574.3 1,516.0 58.3

Oak Ridge SnackAbility

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