Memphis Crime Map

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

Latest 24h	1 incident (2026-11-08)
2026 YTD	58,379 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	82,890 incidents
Full archive	645,481 incidents (2020–2026)
Per 100K / year	13,568

Source: Memphis Police Department open data.

About crime in Memphis

Latest mapped day. Memphis recorded 1 incident on 2026-11-08. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

Memphis recorded 101,752 incidents in 2024 and 82,890 in 2025, a 18.5% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-08) category breakdown

Other

Where incidents were mapped

Tillman Precinct: 1

Across 2020–2026, the current archive contains 645,481 incidents for Memphis. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Memphis crime overview

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

TL;DR. Memphis recorded 82,890 police-reported incidents in 2025, down 18.5% from 101,752 in 2024. Other was the #1 category with 19,922 incidents (24%), followed by Assault with 17,385 and Theft with 16,726. Violent-category incidents totaled 19,020. Austin Peay Precinct led neighborhoods with 10,470 incidents. Data through November 2026 covers 12 months of 2025. The rate was 13,568.1 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025. January–October 2026 recorded 58,379 incidents, down 18.8% from 71,862 in the same months of 2025.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps shows police-reported incidents in Memphis, Tennessee, mapped by location and category using open data from the Memphis Police Department. The display covers the complete calendar year 2025, with data current through November 2026. That year recorded 82,890 police-reported incidents in Memphis. Visitors can filter the map by offense type and precinct to see where assault, theft, vandalism, auto theft and other reported offenses were recorded during those 12 months.

That equals 13,568.1 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 610,919 for the city. Violent-category incidents, counted here as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide in 2025, totaled 19,020, or 22.9% of the total. The corresponding violent rate was 3,113.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, which describes the volume of police reports, not personal risk.

Recent trend

Reported incidents declined 18.5% from 101,752 in 2024 to 82,890 in 2025, comparing two consecutive complete calendar years. That 2025 total was also below the archive peak of 115,655 in 2023 and below 106,527 in 2022, after 89,632 in 2020 and 89,530 in 2021. The more current same-period comparison shows January–October 2026 at 58,379 reports versus 71,862 in January–October 2025, a decline of 18.8%. Together, the full-year and same-months figures point to lower reported volume in both 2025 and the early part of 2026.

Category breakdown

In 2025, Other was the largest grouping at 19,922 incidents, or 24% of the total. The source groups many incident types under Other, led in 2025 by Threats at 7,727 reports, or 9.3% of all incidents, followed by Weapons offenses at 4,148, Drugs at 3,951 and Other crime at 3,446, with 379 reports of Harassment and 271 of Impaired & dangerous driving. Assault ranked second overall at 17,385 incidents, or 21%, while Theft was third at 16,726, or 20.2%. Vandalism followed at 9,771, or 11.8%, with Auto theft at 5,460 and Theft from vehicle at 4,545 completing the leading groupings.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, Austin Peay Precinct led with 10,470 incidents, or 12.6% of the city total, followed by Raines Precinct with 10,205, or 12.3%, and Tillman Precinct with 10,117, or 12.2%. Crump Precinct added 9,902 reports, or 11.9%, and Appling Farms Precinct added 9,386, or 11.3%. The remaining precincts, including Airways, Ridgeway and Mt Moriah, each recorded between 8,081 and 8,773 incidents. These neighborhood counts reflect where people live, work and visit, so they show report volume rather than a neighborhood risk score.

What this means

Memphis recorded 82,890 incidents in 2025, down from 115,655 in 2023 and 101,752 in 2024, making 2025 the lowest full-year total since 2020. Other at 19,922, Assault at 17,385 and Theft at 16,726 together dominate the breakdown, with Vandalism next at 9,771. The precinct spread is unusually even: Austin Peay Precinct at 10,470, Raines Precinct at 10,205, Tillman Precinct at 10,117 and Crump Precinct at 9,902 sit close together.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in Memphis in 2025?
Memphis recorded 82,890 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 13,568.1 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 610,919 for the city. The figure covers the 12 months of 2025 and is reported as police-reported incidents, not a measure of personal risk.

What type of crime was most reported in Memphis in 2025?
Other was the largest category in 2025 with 19,922 incidents, or 24% of the total. The source groups weapons offenses, threats, harassment, drugs, impaired & dangerous driving, and other crime under Other. The next largest categories were assault with 17,385 incidents and theft with 16,726 incidents. Within Other, threats accounted for 7,727 incidents and weapons offenses for 4,148 incidents.

How many assaults were reported in Memphis in 2025?
Memphis reported 17,385 assaults in 2025, or 21% of all incidents. More broadly, the violent total — assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide — was 19,020 incidents, or 22.9% of the 2025 total. That equals 3,113.3 violent reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the Census 2024 population, and describes police-reported incidents rather than personal risk.

Did reported crime in Memphis go up or down between 2024 and 2025?
Reported incidents decreased between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Memphis went from 101,752 incidents in 2024 to 82,890 incidents in 2025, a decrease of 18.5%. For the more recent window, January–October 2026 recorded 58,379 incidents compared with 71,862 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 18.8%. The 2026 figures cover a partial year with data through November 2026.

Which Memphis neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
In 2025, Austin Peay Precinct ranked first with 10,470 incidents, or 12.6% of the city total, followed by Raines Precinct with 10,205 incidents and Tillman Precinct with 10,117 incidents. Crump Precinct recorded 9,902 incidents and Appling Farms Precinct recorded 9,386 incidents. The ranking covers named neighborhoods ranked by incidents in 2025 across nine neighborhoods.

Where does this Memphis crime data come from and how current is it?
The figures come from the Memphis Police Department and cover 2020 through 2026, with data through November 2026. All years in the archive total 645,481 incidents, including 72 undated incidents. Annual totals for 2020 through 2025 each reflect 12 months of data, while 2026 reflects 11 months and is partial, so same-month comparisons are used for recent trends.

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