Lawrenceburg, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 9% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lawrenceburg, TN shows violent crime at 322 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,478.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 9% below 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
322/100K violent
1478.1/100K property
-9% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lawrenceburg, TN
Comparable rate records
Lawrenceburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lawrenceburg's 322.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are La Follette (320.0), Caryville (319.8), Ardmore (325.2), Livingston (318.5). 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 450.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 322.0 in 2024 (-28.6%). The highest observed value was 450.7 in 2020 and the lowest 322.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 68.7% of reported property offenses in Lawrenceburg, against a cohort median of 77.1%. The remainder is burglary (37) and motor vehicle theft (19). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Lawrenceburg sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 322.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lawrenceburg ranks 83 of 176 — above 93 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +7.9% 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 Lawrenceburg'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.
Lawrenceburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.7 Census sq mi, Lawrenceburg logged 14.1 property and 3.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lawrenceburg leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,795.
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.7 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
-27.6%
444.7 → 322/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.9%
1736.7 → 1478.1/100K
Property offenses lead Lawrenceburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
179
1478.1
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
123
1015.7
-
Burglary
37
305.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
19
156.9
-
Arson
1
8.3
-
Violent Crime
39
322
601.6
Aggravated Assault
34
280.8
-
Robbery
4
33
-
Rape
1
8.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Lawrenceburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lawrenceburg 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
Lawrenceburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Lawrenceburg NIBRS-participating
Lawrenceburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lawrenceburg's 218 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 Lawrenceburg in population. Their populations run from 11,026 to 13,281, against 12,110 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lawrenceburg reported 39 violent crimes and 179 property crimes, for a total of 218 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lawrenceburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Lawrenceburg's violent crime rate decreased by 27.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.9%.
What is the most common crime in Lawrenceburg?
The most common crime type in Lawrenceburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.4% of all reported crimes (123 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.