Tennessee among states with most violent crime despite state, national declines

Tennessee is among the states with the highest violent crime despite overall declines in violent crime in the state and nationwide since 2019. Both violent and property crime rates declined again in 2024, the lowest the violent crime rate has been since recording of rates began in 1969. However, Tennessee reported the fourth most violent crimes per capita, only above Washington, D.C., New Mexico, and Alaska. Tennessee’s crime rate was 68% higher than the national average. Additionally, the FBI reported then only 39% of violent crimes committed in Tennessee last year were solved, an 11% decrease from the solve rate a decade ago.