The following charts and tables were compiled using source data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer “Agency” query and Census. Selected agencies are the primary policing agency in the given City like “Memphis Police Department”. In Memphis and other cities, excluded from the query were agencies like “Memphis-Shelby Airport Authority”. The cities measured include those selected by the Greater Memphis Chamber as a peer group, as well as the addition of remaining Tennessee municipalities. The FBI data was last updated on 4/15/24 as of 1/7/25.
The city group listing includes: Brimingham, Chattanooga, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Knoxville, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, Oklahoma City and St. Louis. Also appearing in the list is the Nation as a whole and the Peer City Average, that excludes Memphis and the Nation for calculating a “Peer Average” for comparative benchmarking purposes. Crimes per 100K population were measured to facilitate a common measurement standard. The bar charts include 2023 outcomes, and the line graphs are outcomes from 2013-23. At the end of the charts appears the supporting table data. See below:
VIOLENT CRIME Per 100K Population (2023)
(2013-23)
PROPERTY CRIME Per 100K Population (2023)
(2013-23)
ALL CRIME Per 100K Population (2023)
(2013-23)
CRIME Per 100K Population Table (2013-23)
Percentage change from 2013
| wdt_ID | CITY | Type | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 14chg | 15chg | 16chg | 17chg | 18chg | 19chg | 20chg | 21chg | 22chg | 23chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memphis | All | 7,781 | 7,792 | 7,474 | 7,570 | 8,408 | 8,444 | 8,155 | 8,224 | 8,026 | 9,681 | 11,238 | 0.1 | -3.9 | -2.7 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 24.4 | 44.4 |
| 2 | St. Louis | All | 8,272 | 8,021 | 8,232 | 7,977 | 8,244 | 7,863 | 8,167 | 7,866 | 7,797 | 8,861 | 7,839 | -3.0 | -0.5 | -3.6 | -0.3 | -4.9 | -1.3 | -4.9 | -5.7 | 7.1 | -5.2 |
| 3 | New Orleans | All | 4,619 | 5,266 | 4,879 | 5,076 | 5,458 | 5,799 | 6,510 | 6,025 | 5,742 | 6,161 | 6,453 | 14.0 | 5.6 | 9.9 | 18.1 | 25.5 | 40.9 | 30.4 | 24.3 | 33.4 | 39.7 |
| 4 | Kansas City | All | 6,579 | 6,138 | 5,904 | 6,028 | 6,321 | 5,997 | 5,446 | 5,705 | 5,743 | 6,246 | 6,448 | -6.7 | -10.3 | -8.4 | -3.9 | -8.8 | -17.2 | -13.3 | -12.7 | -5.1 | -2.0 |
| 5 | Birmingham | All | 8,038 | 8,242 | 8,174 | 7,564 | 5,408 | 8,297 | 8,340 | 5,333 | 5,401 | 5,951 | 6,133 | 2.5 | 1.7 | -5.9 | -32.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | -33.6 | -32.8 | -26.0 | -23.7 |
| 6 | Chattanooga | All | 7,545 | 7,250 | 6,883 | 6,552 | 7,019 | 7,050 | 6,585 | 7,824 | 7,361 | 6,299 | 5,910 | -3.9 | -8.8 | -13.2 | -7.0 | -6.6 | -12.7 | 3.7 | -2.4 | -16.5 | -21.7 |
| 7 | Nashville | All | 4,931 | 4,805 | 4,971 | 4,873 | 5,074 | 5,330 | 5,295 | 5,293 | 4,994 | 5,142 | 5,565 | -2.6 | 0.8 | -1.2 | 2.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 12.8 |
| 8 | Peer Avg | All | 6,466 | 6,362 | 6,199 | 6,081 | 5,916 | 5,996 | 5,830 | 5,622 | 5,608 | 5,494 | 5,407 | -1.0 | -4.0 | -5.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -9.0 | -11.0 | -12.0 | -14.0 | -14.0 |
| 9 | Indianapolis | All | 6,559 | 6,168 | 6,172 | 6,251 | 5,825 | 5,470 | 4,829 | 4,645 | 4,541 | 4,530 | 4,731 | -6.0 | -5.9 | -4.7 | -11.2 | -16.6 | -26.4 | -29.2 | -30.8 | -30.9 | -27.9 |
| 10 | Louisville | All | 5,350 | 5,324 | 5,339 | 5,672 | 5,314 | 5,150 | 5,061 | 5,046 | 4,704 | 3,961 | 4,723 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 6.0 | -0.7 | -3.7 | -5.4 | -5.7 | -12.1 | -26.0 | -11.7 |
| 11 | Milwaukee | All | 5,918 | 6,117 | 5,904 | 5,680 | 5,456 | 4,512 | 3,963 | 4,542 | 6,164 | 4,830 | 4,153 | 3.4 | -0.2 | -4.0 | -7.8 | -23.8 | -33.0 | -23.3 | 4.2 | -18.4 | -29.8 |
| 12 | Knoxville | All | 7,166 | 7,484 | 7,009 | 6,504 | 6,371 | 5,546 | 5,056 | 4,995 | 4,839 | 4,712 | 3,948 | 4.4 | -2.2 | -9.2 | -11.1 | -22.6 | -29.4 | -30.3 | -32.5 | -34.3 | -44.9 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | All | 6,145 | 5,170 | 4,725 | 4,712 | 4,591 | 4,943 | 4,880 | 4,570 | 4,402 | 3,744 | 3,579 | -15.9 | -23.1 | -23.3 | -25.3 | -19.6 | -20.6 | -25.6 | -28.4 | -39.1 | -41.8 |
| 14 | Nation | All | 3,060 | 2,892 | 2,816 | 2,805 | 2,704 | 2,553 | 2,416 | 2,262 | 1,643 | 2,260 | 2,174 | -5.5 | -8.0 | -8.3 | -11.7 | -16.6 | -21.1 | -26.1 | -46.3 | -26.1 | -29.0 |