Etowah, TN Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Etowah, TN Summary

Crime in Etowah research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Etowah 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 Etowah:

  • There were 65 total crimes committed in Etowah the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,772.1 total crimes per 100K people in Etowah.
  • The overall crime rate in Etowah is -23.76% below the national average.
  • Etowah ranks #138 safest out of 249 cities in Tennessee.
  • Etowah ranks #6,022 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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Etowah Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Etowah is 1,772.1 per 100,000 people. That's -23.76% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -44.02% lower than the Tennessee total crime rate of 3,165.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Etowah
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 65 1,772.1 3,165.5 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 81.0 66.1
Aggravated Assault 13 354.4 543.2 268.2
Violent Crime 15 408.9 672.7 369.8
Burglary 1 27.3 384.5 269.8
Larceny 43 1,172.3 1,802.0 1,401.9
Car Theft 6 163.6 306.4 282.7
Property Crime 50 1,363.1 2,492.8 1,954.4

Etowah 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 Etowah

15
Violent Crimes
408.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
10.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 15 violent crimes in Etowah in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Etowah is 408.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 244.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Etowah each year. That compares to a 1 in 148.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 10.58% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -39.21% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 672.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Etowah

50
Property Crimes
1,363.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-30.25%
Below The National Average
  • There were 50 property crimes in Etowah in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Etowah is 1,363.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Etowah each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -30.25% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.32% lower than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,492.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Etowah

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Oak Ridge, TN 32,243 674 2,090.4 1,774.0 316.3
Athens, TN 14,409 917 6,364.1 5,572.9 791.2
Collegedale, TN 12,032 196 1,629.0 1,529.3 99.7
Fort Oglethorpe, GA 10,626 354 3,331.5 3,162.1 169.4
Signal Mountain, TN 8,824 28 317.3 306.0 11.3
Sweetwater, TN 6,345 178 2,805.4 2,285.3 520.1
Kingston, TN 6,067 50 824.1 774.7 49.4
Madisonville, TN 5,118 186 3,634.2 3,126.2 508.0
Englewood, TN 1,519 21 1,382.5 1,185.0 197.5
Benton, TN 1,506 39 2,589.6 2,324.0 265.6

Etowah SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
3/10
Housing
4
Affordability
7
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
7
Education
5
Commute
6
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