Tennessee Crime Statistics

tbi.tn.gov | Nov 30th -0001

TIBRS Reported Offenses

Group A Offenses

Arson
Assault
Bribery
Burglary/Breaking and Entering
Counterfeiting/Forgery
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property
Drug/Narcotic
Embezzlement
Extortion/Blackmail
Fraud
Gambling
Homicide
Kidnapping/Abduction
Larceny/Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Pornography/Obscene Material
Prostitution
Robbery
Sex Offenses, Forcible
Sex Offenses, Non-forcible
Stolen Property
Weapon Law Violations

Group B Offenses

Bad Checks
Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations
Disorderly Conduct
Driving Under the Influence
Drunkenness
Family Offenses, Nonviolent
Liquor Law Violations
Peeping Tom
Runaway
Trespass of Real Property
All Other Offenses

Pitfalls of Ranking

In the past, crime data has been used to compile rankings of individual jurisdictions and institutions of higher learning. These crude and/or incomplete analyses have often created misleading perceptions which adversely affect geographic entities and their residents. The FBI has a longstanding policy against ranking cities, counties, states and universities/colleges on the basis of crime data alone.

Locales should not be ranked because there are many factors that cause the nature and type of crime to vary from place to place. TIBRS statistics include only jurisdictional figures along with reported crime, clearance or arrest data. Rankings ignore the uniqueness of each locale. All jurisdictions are affected in some degree by:

Population density and degree of urbanization of the locality and surrounding area
Number of residents vs. the “policing population,” i.e., residents plus daily commuters, transients, tourists, shoppers, etc.
Variations in composition of the population and economic conditions
Modes of transportation and highway systems
Cultural conditions
Family conditions with respect to divorce and family cohesiveness
Climate
Effective strength of law enforcement agencies
Administrative and investigative emphases of law enforcement

The TBI will not analyze, interpret, or publish crime statistics based solely on a single dimension interagency ranking. The TBI will not furnish agency-based crime statistics to data users in a ranked format. When providing/using agency-oriented statistics, the TBI cautions and, in fact, strongly discourages data users against using rankings to evaluate locales or the effectiveness of their law enforcement departments.

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