Oneida, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 4% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Oneida, TN shows violent crime at 366.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,386.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 4% 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
366.2/100K violent
1386.3/100K property
+4% vs U.S.
The verdict
Oneida earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 4% above the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
+4%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
23rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,386.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 14 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,823. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Oneida, TN
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Oneida reported 14 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,823. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Oneida's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Oneida's 366.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Monterey (364.3), Newbern (368.8), Bristol (363.2), Madisonville (371.8). 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
Oneida sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 366.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Oneida ranks 74 of 176 — above 102 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +22.7% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 351.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 366.2 in 2024 (+4.1%). The highest observed value was 757.6 in 2021 and the lowest 351.7 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Oneida'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.
Based on 14 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,823. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
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
-25.5%
1861.1 → 1386.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-0.2%
367 → 366.2/100K
Property offenses lead Oneida's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
53
1386.3
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
43
1124.8
-
Burglary
6
156.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
104.6
-
Arson
1
26.2
-
Violent Crime
14
366.2
601.6
Aggravated Assault
12
313.9
-
Rape
1
26.2
-
Robbery
1
26.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Oneida Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Oneida property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,386.3/100K↓25.5%vs 2023
Oneida violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
366.2/100K↓0.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
3,696
351.7
2705.6
113
2021
Comparable
3,696
757.6
3192.6
146
2022
Comparable
3,793
606.4
3111
141
2023
Comparable
3,815
367
1861.1
85
2024
Comparable
3,823
366.2
1386.3
67
How Oneida sits among TN peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Oneida Police Department NIBRS-participating
Oneida's crime figures on this page originate from Oneida 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 Oneida in population. Their populations run from 3,580 to 3,956, against 3,823 here. Or use our
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These Tennessee cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Oneida's 366.2/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Oneida has a violent crime rate of 366.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1386.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Oneida, TN safe? ▼
Oneida receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 51/100. The violent crime rate is 4% above the national average and 39% below the Tennessee average.
What is the population of Oneida, TN? ▼
The reporting population for Oneida is 3,823 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Oneida? ▼
In 2024, Oneida reported 14 violent crimes and 53 property crimes, for a total of 67 reported offenses.
How do Oneida's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Oneida recorded about one reported offense per 57 residents and one reported violent offense per 273 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Oneida? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Oneida's violent crime rate decreased by 0.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 25.5%.
What is the most common crime in Oneida? ▼
The most common crime type in Oneida is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.2% of all reported crimes (43 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Oneida 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 Oneida, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.