Lebanon, TN has a C safety grade (57/100) with a violent crime rate of 345 per 100,000, 2% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · large city
Lebanon, TN Crime Rate & Safety
At 51,653 residents, Lebanon is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against TN and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
Lebanon, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 2% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lebanon, TN shows violent crime at 344.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,033.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 2% 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
344.6/100K violent
1033.8/100K property
-2% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lebanon, TN
Comparable rate records
Lebanon's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lebanon's 344.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sweetwater (343.5), Brighton (347.2), Lenoir City (348.1), White Bluff (328.5). 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 576.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 344.6 in 2024 (-40.2%). The highest observed value was 576.2 in 2020 and the lowest 344.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.0% of the 712 Part I offenses reported in Lebanon for 2024, against a median of 18.7% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 6.3 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.
Position in the state cohort
Lebanon sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 344.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lebanon ranks 79 of 176 — above 97 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +15.5% 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 Lebanon'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Lebanon's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 40.7 Census sq mi, Lebanon logged 13.1 property and 4.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lebanon leans on larceny-theft at 58% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,999.
Violent offenses are 25% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (40.7 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-33.5%
1554.7 → 1033.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-15.5%
407.8 → 344.6/100K
Property offenses lead Lebanon's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
534
1033.8
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
415
803.4
-
Burglary
70
135.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
49
94.9
-
Arson
3
5.8
-
Violent Crime
178
344.6
601.6
Aggravated Assault
151
292.3
-
Rape
19
36.8
-
Robbery
5
9.7
-
Murder
3
5.8
-
Lebanon Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lebanon 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
Lebanon Police Department
Reporting agency for Lebanon NIBRS-participating
Lebanon Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lebanon's 712 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 Lebanon in population. Their populations run from 45,208 to 58,791, against 51,653 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lebanon reported 178 violent crimes and 534 property crimes, for a total of 712 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lebanon?
From 2023 to 2024, Lebanon's violent crime rate decreased by 15.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lebanon?
The most common crime type in Lebanon is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.3% of all reported crimes (415 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Lebanon's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Lebanon, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.