Ripley, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Ripley, TN Summary

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

  • There were 295 total crimes committed in Ripley in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,894.4 total crimes per 100K people in Ripley.
  • The overall crime rate in Ripley is 83.76% above the national average.
  • Ripley ranks #175 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Ripley ranks #9,224 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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Ripley Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Ripley is 3,894.4 per 100,000 people. That's 83.76% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 48.39% higher than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Ripley
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 295 3,894.4 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 13.2 7.9 5.0
Robbery 3 39.6 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 123 1,623.8 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 132 1,742.6 592.3 359.0
Burglary 32 422.4 251.8 229.0
Larceny 112 1,478.5 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 19 250.8 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 163 2,151.8 2,032.1 1,760.0

Ripley 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 Ripley

132
Violent Crimes
1,742.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
385.40%
Above The National Average
  • There were 132 violent crimes in Ripley in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Ripley is 1,742.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 57.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Ripley each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 385.40% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 194.23% higher than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Ripley

163
Property Crimes
2,151.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
22.26%
Above The National Average
  • There were 163 property crimes in Ripley in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Ripley is 2,151.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 46.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Ripley each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 22.26% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 5.89% higher than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Ripley

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jackson, TN 68,286 2,807 4,110.7 3,160.2 950.4
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
Millington, TN 11,785 519 4,403.9 3,801.4 602.5
Oakland, TN 11,026 64 580.4 507.9 72.6
Atoka, TN 10,777 75 695.9 519.6 176.3
Brownsville, TN 9,264 328 3,540.6 2,504.3 1,036.3
Covington, TN 8,537 311 3,643.0 2,530.2 1,112.8
Milan, TN 8,331 213 2,556.7 1,992.6 564.2

Ripley SnackAbility

1
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
4
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
7
Education
4
Commute
8
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