Harriman, TN carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 36% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Harriman, TN shows violent crime at 480.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,586.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 36% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
480.3/100K violent
3586.3/100K property
+36% vs U.S.
The verdict
Harriman earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 36% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+36%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
15th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,586.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Harriman, TN
Comparable rate records
Harriman's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Harriman's 480.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gatlinburg (479.7), Somerville (477.7), Tracy City (484.1), La Vergne (476.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Harriman reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Tennessee cities
At 480.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Harriman ranks 41 of 176 — above 135 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +61.0% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.8% of the 254 Part I offenses reported in Harriman for 2024, against a median of 18.9% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 7.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 89.3% of reported property offenses in Harriman, against a cohort median of 77.1%. The remainder is burglary (11) and motor vehicle theft (13). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 507.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 480.3 in 2024 (-5.3%). The highest observed value was 507.4 in 2020 and the lowest 200.5 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Harriman'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.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+72.8%
2075.9 → 3586.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+48.1%
324.4 → 480.3/100K
Property offenses lead Harriman's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs TN
Property Crime
224
3586.3
1711
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
200
3202
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
13
208.1
-
-
Burglary
11
176.1
-
-
Arson
3
48
-
-
Violent Crime
30
480.3
352
601.6
Aggravated Assault
23
368.2
-
-
Rape
4
64
-
-
Robbery
3
48
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Harriman Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Harriman property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,586.3/100K↑72.8%vs 2023
Harriman violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
480.3/100K↑48.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
6,110
507.4
2913.3
209
2021
Comparable
6,167
486.5
2124.2
161
2022
Comparable
5,984
200.5
2590.2
167
2023
Comparable
6,166
324.4
2075.9
148
2024
Comparable
6,246
480.3
3586.3
254
How Harriman sits among TN peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Harriman Police Department NIBRS-participating
Harriman's crime figures on this page originate from Harriman Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Harriman in population. Their populations run from 5,923 to 6,696, against 6,246 here. Or use our
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These Tennessee cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Harriman's 480.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Harriman has a violent crime rate of 480.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3586.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Harriman, TN safe? ▼
Harriman receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 22/100. The violent crime rate is 36% above the national average and 20% below the Tennessee average.
What is the population of Harriman, TN? ▼
The reporting population for Harriman is 6,246 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Harriman? ▼
In 2024, Harriman reported 30 violent crimes and 224 property crimes, for a total of 254 reported offenses.
How do Harriman's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Harriman recorded about one reported offense per 25 residents and one reported violent offense per 208 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Harriman? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Harriman's violent crime rate increased by 48.1%, and the property crime rate increased by 72.8%.
What is the most common crime in Harriman? ▼
The most common crime type in Harriman is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.7% of all reported crimes (200 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Harriman is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Harriman, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.