Greene County, Tennessee Crime Statistics
This page contains crime rates for Greene County, Tennessee. You can look through the breakdown of crime by type, changes to crime data over time, and see how Greene County compares to similar locations. If you are interested in seeing public records information for Greene County, Tennessee, you can click the Public Records tab at the top.
Total Crime
Between 1999 and 2008 there were 17,817 total crimes reported in Greene County, Tennessee (1,875 of them violent). Of the 1,782 crimes that take place per year in Greene County, close to 50% transpire less than one mile from home. On average, someone is a victim of a crime in Greene County, Tennessee every 4 hours. This includes 12 murders, 124 rapes, and just about twelve thousand thefts (including 1,152 car thefts).
Crime Trends
In the course of the most recent 10 years, crime data were available in Greene County, Tennessee for all 10 years. Throughout that period, reported crime in Greene County has risen by 27%. Throughout that same period of time, violent crime climbed by 70%. By and large, the crime data indicate a significant rise in crime over the last 10 years in Greene County. If the current trend continues, predicted crime numbers could hit just about three thousand for Greene County, Tennessee in 2009.
Please take note that these graphs show reported crime rates and some sudden changes in crime data are the result of changes in reporting, not actual changes in crime rates.
Crime Comparisons
You are discouraged against over-analyzing ranking data to decide 'how dangerous' a certain location is, as many factors, including episodic events, or disparities in crime reporting and methodology can skew rankings. Click on the individual table bars to see crime rates in these locations.
Crime Data Information
Greene County, Tennessee law enforcement agencies report their statistics to the FBI UCR program. The data reported for Greene County conform to the FBI data quality guidelines. For more information, and a description of the statistical methods and data algorithms used by RecordsPedia, please visit our methodology section.
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