Chattanooga Crime Map

Tennessee · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	45 incidents, 11 violent (2026-11-11)
2026 YTD	15,037 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	20,245 incidents
Full archive	275,370 incidents (2015–2026)
Per 100K / year	10,572

Source: Chattanooga Police Department open data.

About crime in Chattanooga

Latest mapped day. Chattanooga recorded 45 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 11 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Chattanooga recorded 21,626 incidents in 2024 and 20,245 in 2025, a 6.4% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown

Other	17
Assault	8
Fraud	5
Theft	4
Auto theft	4
Sexual assault	3
Vandalism	2
Burglary	1

Across 2015–2026, the current archive contains 275,370 incidents for Chattanooga. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Chattanooga crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Chattanooga recorded 20,245 police-reported incidents in 2025. Other was the largest category with 7,335 incidents, 36.2% of the total, followed by Theft with 3,747 and Assault with 3,355. Violent-category incidents totaled 3,786, 18.7% of the 2025 total. The 2025 total was down 6.4% from 21,626 in 2024. January–October 2026 recorded 15,037 incidents, down 11.7% from 17,027 in the same months of 2025. Data extends through November 2026.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using open data from the Chattanooga Police Department. The map display covers calendar year 2025, a complete 12-month period with 20,245 reported incidents. Listings can be explored by category and by neighborhood across the city's 69 named neighborhoods.

That 2025 total equals 10,572 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 191,496 for the city. The violent-category total of assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide was 3,786 incidents, or 18.7% of the total, equal to 1,977.1 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents. Data in this archive run through November 2026, and the all-years archive holds 275,370 incidents from 2015 to 2026. The prior complete year, 2024, recorded 21,626 incidents.

Recent trend

Chattanooga's reported total fell 6.4% between two complete calendar years, from 21,626 incidents in 2024 to 20,245 incidents in 2025. On a like-for-like basis, January–October 2026 recorded 15,037 incidents compared with 17,027 in the same months of 2025, a decline of 11.7%. The longer series shows 2025 below recent complete years, including 24,597 in 2023 and 25,235 in 2022, and below the archive peak of 26,010 in 2021. The 2024 and 2025 totals are also below counts from 2015 through 2020, which ranged from 21,755 in 2016 to 25,611 in 2020.

Category breakdown

In 2025, Other was the largest grouping with 7,335 incidents, or 36.2% of the 20,245 total, followed by Theft with 3,747 incidents, or 18.5%, and Assault with 3,355 incidents, or 16.6%. The next groups were Vandalism with 1,525 incidents, or 7.5%, Theft from vehicle with 1,465 incidents, or 7.2%, and Fraud with 1,045 incidents, or 5.2%. Within Other, Other crime accounted for 4,760 incidents, or 23.5% of the total, while Drugs accounted for 1,204 incidents, or 5.9%, Weapons offenses for 834 incidents, or 4.1%, and Impaired & dangerous driving for 393 incidents, or 1.9%. Threats and Harassment added 93 and 51 incidents.

Where incidents concentrate

Among Chattanooga's 69 named neighborhoods in 2025, Avondale recorded the highest count with 380 incidents, or 1.9% of the city total, followed by East Lake with 232 incidents, or 1.1%, Martin Luther King with 229 incidents, or 1.1%, Shepherd with 205 incidents, or 1.0%, and Alton Park/ Piney Woods with 200 incidents, or 1.0%. Lower-ranked areas in the top eight included Glenwood, Northside/Cherokee and Oak Grove. These counts follow where people live, work and visit, so a higher neighborhood count reflects reported volume in that area and is not a risk score for residents or visitors.

What this means

Chattanooga's 2025 total of 20,245 sits below 26,010 in 2021, 25,235 in 2022 and 24,597 in 2023. The distribution is led by Other with 7,335 incidents, or 36.2%, ahead of Theft with 3,747 incidents, or 18.5%, and Assault with 3,355 incidents, or 16.6%. Neighborhood counts are spread thinly: Avondale leads with 380 incidents, or 1.9%, followed by East Lake with 232 incidents, or 1.1%, and Martin Luther King with 229 incidents, or 1.1%.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?
Chattanooga police reported 20,245 incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 10,572 reported incidents per 100,000 residents based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 191,496 for the city. Violent-category incidents totaled 3,786, or 18.7% of the 2025 total, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide combined.

What was the most common type of crime in Chattanooga in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 7,335 incidents, or 36.2% of the 20,245 total. The source groups many types under Other, including other crime with 4,760 reports, drugs with 1,204, weapons offenses with 834, impaired and dangerous driving with 393, threats with 93 and harassment with 51. The next largest specific categories were theft with 3,747 reports and assault with 3,355.

Is crime going up or down in Chattanooga?
Reported incidents declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Chattanooga went from 21,626 incidents in 2024 to 20,245 in 2025, a decrease of 6.4%. For the more current window, January–October 2026 had 15,037 incidents compared with 17,027 in the same months in 2025, a decrease of 11.7%.

How many violent crimes and assaults were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?
Chattanooga recorded 3,786 violent-category incidents in 2025, or 18.7% of the 20,245 total, at a rate of 1,977.1 reported violent incidents per 100,000 residents. Assault alone accounted for 3,355 reports, or 16.6% of all incidents. The violent total combines assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, so it should not be read as the assault count alone.

Which Chattanooga neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
Among 69 named neighborhoods ranked for 2025, Avondale had the highest count with 380 incidents, or 1.9% of the city total. It was followed by East Lake with 232 reports, Martin Luther King with 229, Shepherd with 205 and Alton Park/ Piney Woods with 200. The percentages show each area represents about one to two percent of all reports, rather than a majority concentrated in one place.

Where does this Chattanooga crime data come from and how current is it?
The figures come from the Chattanooga Police Department and are presented by TheCrimeMaps using police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. Data was current through November 2026 at publication, with the archive covering 275,370 incidents from 2015 to 2026. The 2026 total of 15,585 reflects only 11 months with data, so it remains partial compared with the complete 12-month total of 20,245 in 2025.

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