Oakland, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oakland, TN Summary

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

  • There were 64 total crimes committed in Oakland in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 580.4 total crimes per 100K people in Oakland.
  • The overall crime rate in Oakland is -72.61% below the national average.
  • Oakland ranks #26 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Oakland ranks #2,597 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.

Additional research about crime in Tennessee

Oakland Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oakland is 580.4 per 100,000 people. That's -72.61% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -77.88% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oakland
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 64 580.4 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 9.1 7.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 63.5 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 8 72.6 592.3 359.0
Burglary 5 45.3 251.8 229.0
Larceny 42 380.9 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 81.6 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 56 507.9 2,032.1 1,760.0

Oakland 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 Oakland

8
Violent Crimes
72.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-79.79%
Below The National Average
  • There were 8 violent crimes in Oakland in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oakland is 72.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,378.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oakland each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -79.79% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -87.75% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oakland

56
Property Crimes
507.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-71.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 56 property crimes in Oakland in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oakland is 507.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 196.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oakland each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -71.14% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -75.01% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oakland

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Bartlett, TN 55,494 851 1,533.5 1,283.0 250.5
Collierville, TN 51,312 728 1,418.8 1,268.7 150.1
Germantown, TN 39,938 537 1,344.6 1,176.8 167.8
Atoka, TN 10,777 75 695.9 519.6 176.3
Somerville, TN 3,559 52 1,461.1 983.4 477.7

Oakland SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
8.5
Amenities
7
Education
8
Commute
3
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