Memphis Assault

Memphis · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Memphis police open data recorded 17,385 assault incidents, 21.0% of all 82,890 incidents reported in the city that year and down 9.1% from 2024. That is about 2,846 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, 14,210 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Memphis by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)14,210——
202517,3852,846down 9.1%
202419,1223,130down 0.7%
202319,2533,151up 6.2%
202218,1322,968down 0.8%
202118,2852,993up 0.9%
202018,1302,968—

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 124,531 assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most assault (2025)

  1. Austin Peay Precinct 2,515 incidents
  2. Raines Precinct 2,433 incidents
  3. Airways Precinct 2,295 incidents
  4. Crump Precinct 2,018 incidents
  5. Mt Moriah Precinct 1,734 incidents
  6. Tillman Precinct 1,718 incidents
  7. Ridgeway Precinct 1,694 incidents
  8. Appling Farms Precinct 1,526 incidents

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

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Memphis in 2025?

17,385, according to Memphis Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Memphis?

Reported assault was down 9.1% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 4.1% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Memphis 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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