County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led

Washington County, TN

At 133,001 residents, Washington County is a large county in Tennessee. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).

Data updated 2026-08-24

489
Property offenses
153
Violent offenses
642
Total · 2024

Washington County, TN reported 115 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Washington County, TN agencies reported 153 violent and 489 property offenses. That equals about 115 violent and 368 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.

  • 2024 UCR year
  • 153 violent offenses
  • 115/100K violent rate

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Washington County, TN

Position in the state cohort

Washington County sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee counties

At 115.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Washington County ranks 58 of 92 — above 34 of the 91 other Tennessee counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -18.6% against the cohort median of 141.3. Counties 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 23.8% of the 642 Part I offenses reported in Washington County for 2024, against a median of 29.0% across comparable Tennessee counties — a gap of 5.2 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.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 112.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 115.0 in 2024 (+2.0%). The highest observed value was 115.0 in 2024 and the lowest 97.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.

Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county

Category Count
Property Crime 489
Burglary 80
Larceny-Theft 290
Motor Vehicle Theft 119
Arson 4
Violent Crime 153
Murder 1
Rape 10
Robbery 1
Aggravated Assault 141

Reporting Agency

Washington County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating

Washington County's crime figures on this page originate from Washington County Sheriff's Office'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 Counties in Tennessee

A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Tennessee counties closest to Washington County in population. Their populations run from 100,974 to 158,163, against 133,001 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.

Nationwide peers for Washington County

Similar violent rate (~115/100K)

Similar property rate (~368/100K)

ZIP Codes in Washington County

State atlas: Tennessee · Compare · Rankings

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.

FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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