Chattanooga Assault

Chattanooga · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chattanooga police open data recorded 3,355 assault incidents, 16.6% of all 20,245 incidents reported in the city that year and up 1.6% from 2024. That is about 1,752 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 2,963 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Chattanooga by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)2,963——
20253,3551,752up 1.6%
20243,3011,724down 11.0%
20233,7081,936down 5.3%
20223,9152,044down 2.3%
20214,0072,092up 7.3%
20203,7361,951up 2.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 42,459 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Avondale 104 incidents
  2. Alton Park/ Piney Woods 49 incidents
  3. East Lake 48 incidents
  4. Glenwood 45 incidents
  5. Martin Luther King 40 incidents
  6. Oak Grove 39 incidents
  7. Ridgedale 35 incidents
  8. Shepherd 31 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?

3,355, according to Chattanooga Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Chattanooga?

Reported assault was up 1.6% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 14.3% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Chattanooga Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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