Pigeon Forge, TN carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 124% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Pigeon Forge, TN shows violent crime at 788.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,168.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 124% 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
788.1/100K violent
3168.3/100K property
+124% vs U.S.
The verdict
Pigeon Forge earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 124% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+124%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
5th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,168.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Pigeon Forge, TN
Position in the state cohort
Pigeon Forge reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Tennessee cities
At 788.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Pigeon Forge ranks 16 of 176 — above 160 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +164.1% 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.
Comparable rate records
Pigeon Forge's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Pigeon Forge's 788.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Morristown (765.5), Chattanooga (823.7), Knoxville (740.3), Lewisburg (716.1). 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.1% of reported property offenses in Pigeon Forge, against a cohort median of 77.1%. The remainder is burglary (14) and motor vehicle theft (14). 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 824.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 788.1 in 2024 (-4.3%). The highest observed value was 1035.7 in 2021 and the lowest 788.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Pigeon Forge'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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-23.4%
1028.7 → 788.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-22.1%
4066 → 3168.3/100K
Property offenses lead Pigeon Forge's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
201
3168.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
173
2727
-
Burglary
14
220.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
14
220.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
50
788.1
352
Aggravated Assault
36
567.5
-
Rape
12
189.2
-
Murder
1
15.8
-
Robbery
1
15.8
-
Pigeon Forge Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Pigeon Forge property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,168.3/100K↓22.1%vs 2023
Pigeon Forge violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
788.1/100K↓23.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
6,311
824
4563.5
340
2021
Comparable
6,276
1035.7
5130.7
387
2022
Comparable
6,340
851.7
3974.8
306
2023
Comparable
6,124
1028.7
4066
312
2024
Comparable
6,344
788.1
3168.3
251
How Pigeon Forge sits among TN peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Pigeon Forge Police Department NIBRS-participating
Pigeon Forge's crime figures on this page originate from Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge in population. Their populations run from 5,923 to 6,696, against 6,344 here. Or use our
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These Tennessee cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Pigeon Forge's 788.1/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Pigeon Forge has a violent crime rate of 788.1 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3168.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Pigeon Forge, TN safe? ▼
Pigeon Forge receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 2/100. The violent crime rate is 124% above the national average and 31% above the Tennessee average.
What is the population of Pigeon Forge, TN? ▼
The reporting population for Pigeon Forge is 6,344 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Pigeon Forge? ▼
In 2024, Pigeon Forge reported 50 violent crimes and 201 property crimes, for a total of 251 reported offenses.
How do Pigeon Forge's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Pigeon Forge recorded about one reported offense per 25 residents and one reported violent offense per 127 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Pigeon Forge? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Pigeon Forge's violent crime rate decreased by 23.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.1%.
What is the most common crime in Pigeon Forge? ▼
The most common crime type in Pigeon Forge is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.9% of all reported crimes (173 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Pigeon Forge 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 Pigeon Forge, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.