Sevierville, TN carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 24% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Sevierville, TN shows violent crime at 436.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,174.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 24% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
436.9/100K violent
3174.1/100K property
+24% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Sevierville, TN
Comparable rate records
Sevierville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Sevierville's 436.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gordonsville (433.8), Bluff City (433.4), Shelbyville (432.7), Kingsport (441.0). 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 638.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 436.9 in 2024 (-31.5%). The highest observed value was 672.9 in 2022 and the lowest 436.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Sevierville sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 436.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Sevierville ranks 52 of 176 — above 124 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +46.4% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 12.1% of the 653 Part I offenses reported in Sevierville for 2024, against a median of 18.9% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 6.8 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 87.8% of reported property offenses in Sevierville, against a cohort median of 77.1%. The remainder is burglary (30) and motor vehicle theft (40). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Sevierville'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.
Sevierville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 24.3 Census sq mi, Sevierville logged 23.6 property and 3.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Sevierville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 653 offenses; mix index 6,112).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (24.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-16.8%
525 → 436.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-15.9%
3775.7 → 3174.1/100K
Property offenses lead Sevierville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
574
3174.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
504
2787
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
40
221.2
-
Burglary
30
165.9
-
Arson
1
5.5
-
Violent Crime
79
436.9
352
Aggravated Assault
62
342.8
-
Rape
16
88.5
-
Robbery
1
5.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Sevierville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Sevierville 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
Sevierville Police Department
Reporting agency for Sevierville NIBRS-participating
Sevierville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Sevierville's 653 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 Sevierville in population. Their populations run from 15,866 to 21,208, against 18,084 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Sevierville reported 79 violent crimes and 574 property crimes, for a total of 653 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Sevierville?
From 2023 to 2024, Sevierville's violent crime rate decreased by 16.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.9%.
What is the most common crime in Sevierville?
The most common crime type in Sevierville is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.2% of all reported crimes (504 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Sevierville 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 Sevierville, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.