East Ridge, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, East Ridge, TN shows violent crime at 411.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,996.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
411.2/100K violent
1996.7/100K property
+17% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for East Ridge, TN
Comparable rate records
East Ridge's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to East Ridge's 411.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Clarksville (410.0), Lexington (412.5), Murfreesboro (420.0), McEwen (402.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 584.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 411.2 in 2024 (-29.7%). The highest observed value was 654.9 in 2021 and the lowest 411.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
East Ridge sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 411.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, East Ridge ranks 59 of 176 — above 117 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +37.8% against the cohort median of 298.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate East Ridge's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
East Ridge's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.3 Census sq mi, East Ridge logged 52.8 property and 10.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
East Ridge's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (70% of 527 offenses; mix index 5,195).
Violent offenses are 17% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-25.9%
554.8 → 411.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-11.1%
2246.6 → 1996.7/100K
Property offenses lead East Ridge's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
437
1996.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
370
1690.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
34
155.4
-
Burglary
33
150.8
-
Arson
2
9.1
-
Violent Crime
90
411.2
352
Aggravated Assault
70
319.8
-
Rape
15
68.5
-
Robbery
4
18.3
-
Murder
1
4.6
-
East Ridge Crime Trend (2020-2024)
East Ridge property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
East Ridge Police Department
Reporting agency for East Ridge NIBRS-participating
East Ridge Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind East Ridge's 527 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Tennessee
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Tennessee cities closest to East Ridge in population. Their populations run from 15,930 to 25,655, against 21,886 here. Or use our
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East Ridge at 411.2/100K violent and 1,996.7/100K property - matched below outside Tennessee (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, East Ridge reported 90 violent crimes and 437 property crimes, for a total of 527 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in East Ridge?
From 2023 to 2024, East Ridge's violent crime rate decreased by 25.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 11.1%.
What is the most common crime in East Ridge?
The most common crime type in East Ridge is larceny-theft, accounting for 70.2% of all reported crimes (370 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: East Ridge figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 East Ridge, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.