ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 38570

Overton County, Tennessee: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

320
Property rate /100K (county)
10,113
Population (ZIP)
213
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 38570 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 38570 sits within Overton County, TN, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Overton County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 213 violent and 320 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 38570 is the largest ZIP in Overton County by population, 10,113 residents (#1 of 8 county ZIPs), across 118.85 square miles (85/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Overton County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Overton County crime page linked below.

ZIP 38570 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Overton County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 38570 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$37,761
Median age
43.8 years
Owner-occupied homes
78%
Occupied homes
4,046

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 38570?

Within the participating-agency records for Overton County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 39% below and property crime is 81% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 38570. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 38570 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 8). Its 10,113 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Overton County UCR book ZIP 38570 inherits

ZIP 38570 itself is about 85 people per Census sq mi across 118.9 sq mi (10,113 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 38570's 10,113 residents are about 44.9% of the 2024 county reporting population (22,511), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Overton County leans on aggravated assault at 40% of reported offenses (mix index 3,138). ZIP 38570 has no separate FBI offense book.

Overton County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -19% vs 2023; property counts -31% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Overton County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 38570

Similar county violent rate (~213/100K)

Similar Census population (~10,113)

County detail: Overton County · State atlas: Tennessee

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.