Cookeville, TN Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Cookeville, TN Summary

Crime in Cookeville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cookeville over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Cookeville:

  • There were 922 total crimes committed in Cookeville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,577.5 total crimes per 100K people in Cookeville.
  • The overall crime rate in Cookeville is 10.90% above the national average.
  • Cookeville ranks #179 safest out of 249 cities in Tennessee.
  • Cookeville ranks #7,594 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Cookeville Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cookeville is 2,577.5 per 100,000 people. That's 10.90% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -18.58% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 3,165.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cookeville
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 922 2,577.5 3,165.5 2,324.2
Murder 2 5.6 9.6 6.3
Robbery 8 22.4 81.0 66.1
Aggravated Assault 71 198.5 543.2 268.2
Violent Crime 88 246.0 672.7 369.8
Burglary 96 268.4 384.5 269.8
Larceny 652 1,822.7 1,802.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 86 240.4 306.4 282.7
Property Crime 834 2,331.5 2,492.8 1,954.4

Cookeville Crime Compared To Tennessee Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Tennessee.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Cookeville

88
Violent Crimes
246.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-33.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 88 violent crimes in Cookeville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cookeville is 246.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 406.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cookeville each year. That compares to a 1 in 148.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -33.48% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -63.43% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 672.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cookeville

834
Property Crimes
2,331.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
19.29%
Above The National Average
  • There were 834 property crimes in Cookeville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cookeville is 2,331.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 42.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cookeville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 19.29% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -6.47% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,492.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cookeville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lebanon, TN 43,321 908 2,096.0 1,643.5 452.4
McMinnville, TN 13,952 377 2,702.1 2,200.4 501.7
Crossville, TN 12,487 525 4,204.4 3,507.6 696.7
Smithville, TN 5,242 134 2,556.3 2,174.7 381.5
Sparta, TN 4,993 121 2,423.4 2,323.3 100.1
Livingston, TN 4,047 67 1,655.5 1,359.0 296.5
Algood, TN 4,012 71 1,769.7 1,495.5 274.2
Monterey, TN 2,750 38 1,381.8 1,272.7 109.1
Baxter, TN 1,677 26 1,550.4 1,490.8 59.6

Cookeville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
5
Diversity
7
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8.5
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