Chattanooga Burglary
Chattanooga · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Chattanooga police open data recorded 595 burglary incidents, 2.9% of all 20,245 incidents reported in the city that year and down 5.4% from 2024. That is about 311 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 488 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in Chattanooga by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 488 | — | — |
| 2025 | 595 | 311 | down 5.4% |
| 2024 | 629 | 328 | down 27.5% |
| 2023 | 868 | 453 | down 8.7% |
| 2022 | 951 | 497 | down 8.3% |
| 2021 | 1,037 | 542 | up 2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,009 | 527 | down 0.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 12,740 burglary incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most burglary (2025)
- Alton Park/ Piney Woods 11 incidents
- Avondale 8 incidents
- East Lake 8 incidents
- Boyce Station 6 incidents
- Martin Luther King 6 incidents
- Clifton Hills 6 incidents
- Shepherd 6 incidents
- Cedar Hill 6 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?
595, according to Chattanooga Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in Chattanooga?
Reported burglary was down 5.4% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 37.4% 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.
Other crime types in Chattanooga
- Chattanooga other 7,335 in 2025
- Chattanooga theft 3,747 in 2025
- Chattanooga assault 3,355 in 2025
- Chattanooga vandalism 1,525 in 2025
- Chattanooga theft from vehicle 1,465 in 2025
- Chattanooga fraud 1,045 in 2025
- Chattanooga auto theft 747 in 2025
- Chattanooga sexual assault 285 in 2025
- Chattanooga robbery 134 in 2025
- Chattanooga homicide 12 in 2025