Lenoir City, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 1% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lenoir City, TN shows violent crime at 348.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,602.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 1% 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
348.1/100K violent
1602.7/100K property
-1% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lenoir City, TN
Comparable rate records
Lenoir City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lenoir City's 348.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Brighton (347.2), Lebanon (344.6), Sweetwater (343.5), Bristol (363.2). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 659.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 348.1 in 2024 (-47.2%). The highest observed value was 659.3 in 2020 and the lowest 268.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Lenoir City sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 348.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lenoir City ranks 77 of 176 — above 99 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +16.6% 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 Lenoir City'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.
Lenoir City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.6 Census sq mi, Lenoir City logged 23 property and 5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lenoir City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 241 offenses; mix index 4,677).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.6 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
+29.7%
268.4 → 348.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.6%
1945.7 → 1602.7/100K
Property offenses lead Lenoir City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
198
1602.7
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
158
1278.9
-
Burglary
23
186.2
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
137.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
43
348.1
601.6
Aggravated Assault
37
299.5
-
Rape
3
24.3
-
Robbery
2
16.2
-
Murder
1
8.1
-
Lenoir City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lenoir City 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
Lenoir City Police Department
Reporting agency for Lenoir City NIBRS-participating
Lenoir City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lenoir City's 241 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 Lenoir City in population. Their populations run from 11,599 to 13,626, against 12,354 here. Or use our
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Lenoir City at 348.1/100K violent and 1,602.7/100K property - matched below outside Tennessee (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Lenoir City reported 43 violent crimes and 198 property crimes, for a total of 241 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lenoir City?
From 2023 to 2024, Lenoir City's violent crime rate increased by 29.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.6%.
What is the most common crime in Lenoir City?
The most common crime type in Lenoir City is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.6% of all reported crimes (158 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lenoir City 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 Lenoir City, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.