Chattanooga Vandalism

Chattanooga · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Chattanooga police open data recorded 1,525 vandalism incidents, 7.5% of all 20,245 incidents reported in the city that year and down 15.7% from 2024. That is about 796 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 936 vandalism incidents have been published.

Vandalism in Chattanooga by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)936——
20251,525796down 15.7%
20241,809945down 11.2%
20232,0381,064down 0.9%
20222,0571,074down 7.3%
20212,2191,159down 7.4%
20202,3971,252up 16.5%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 24,772 vandalism incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most vandalism (2025)

  1. Avondale 33 incidents
  2. Alton Park/ Piney Woods 25 incidents
  3. Martin Luther King 23 incidents
  4. East Lake 21 incidents
  5. Ridgedale 20 incidents
  6. Glenwood 19 incidents
  7. Shepherd 14 incidents
  8. Lake Hills 14 incidents

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

Questions

How many vandalism incidents were reported in Chattanooga in 2025?

1,525, according to Chattanooga Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is vandalism going up or down in Chattanooga?

Reported vandalism was down 15.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 25.9% 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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