Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Alcoa reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Alcoa’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #75 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TN” is every other Tennessee city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Alcoa
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Tennessee towns on Alcoa’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Maryville (B), Knoxville (D). Eagleton Village is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Louisville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, closer to the middle
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Alcoa’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 42% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 28% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Alcoa has 17,395 jobs based in town for 13,689 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Alcoa’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (13.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
For every 1,000 residents, about 12 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Alcoa’s police reported 171 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Alcoa | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Tennessee.
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| Year | Alcoa property | Rest of Tennessee property | Alcoa violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.0 | 33.6 | 4.0 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 35.4 | 4.8 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 13.6 | 30.7 | 3.9 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 24.4 | 4.0 | 6.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
231 crimes reported in 2025
57 violent and 174 property, as reported to the FBI by Alcoa’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
15 people died in crashes on Alcoa’s roads in 2019–2023
Alcoa had 15 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 24.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Tennessee towns of 5,000–25,000 people (9.4, 87 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Alcoa and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa | C | 4.2 | 13.3 |
| Eagleton Village | — | — | — |
| Maryville | B | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Knoxville | D | 7.5 | 27.3 |
| Louisville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Eagleton Village is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Louisville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa | C | 4.2 | 13.3 |
| Portland | B | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| Lewisburg | D | 6.3 | 17.5 |
| McMinnville | D | 6.4 | 19.5 |
| Manchester | D | 5.6 | 24.4 |
| Crossville | D | 5.6 | 24.2 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Alcoa’s population (13,689), by grade.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Alcoa. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Alcoa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (14,345 in 2025); our figure for Alcoa is 13,689 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Alcoa
Is Alcoa, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Alcoa reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #75 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 4.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Alcoa?
4.2 violent and 13.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Alcoa?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Alcoa safer than Maryville?
Maryville reports less crime per resident than Alcoa: Maryville grades B for safety and Alcoa C. Maryville’s police reported 1.6 violent and 7.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Alcoa?
Alcoa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Alcoa”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.