Photo: AppalachianCentrist · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Morristown runs higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 30% from 2023 to 2025. Still, it has more violent crime than 93% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 86%. The grade is D, built on crimes Morristown’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #111 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee. Behind the grade sit 6.5 violent crimes and 25.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 8.2 and 30.1 in the rest of 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 Morristown
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Tennessee towns on Morristown’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Jefferson City (C). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Morristown is home to Walters State Community College, with 4,658 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 3% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Morristown has 30,047 jobs based in town for 33,517 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Morristown’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Morristown property | Rest of Tennessee property | Morristown violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.8 | 33.5 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 30.4 | 35.4 | 6.6 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 24.7 | 30.7 | 7.7 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 20.9 | 24.4 | 5.1 | 6.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Tennessee.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Morristown | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Morristown’s police reported 635 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Morristown per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
876 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
173 violent and 703 property, as reported to the FBI by Morristown’s police.
23 people died in crashes on Morristown’s roads in 2019–2023
Morristown had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 23 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 14.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Tennessee towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.6, 22 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.
Morristown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown | D | 6.5 | 25.2 |
| Jefferson City | C | 2.5 | 19.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown | D | 6.5 | 25.2 |
| Maryville | B | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| Germantown | B− | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| Oak Ridge | C | 3.1 | 13.3 |
| Cookeville | C | 2.6 | 17.3 |
| Bristol | C− | 3.8 | 22.0 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Morristown’s population (33,517), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Morristown. 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 Morristown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (33,656 in 2025); our figure for Morristown is 33,517 (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 Morristown
Is Morristown, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Morristown reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #111 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 6.5 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 Morristown?
6.5 violent and 25.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Morristown in 2025?
Morristown’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Morristown safer than Jefferson City?
Jefferson City reports less crime per resident than Morristown: Jefferson City grades C for safety and Morristown D. Jefferson City’s police reported 2.5 violent and 19.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Morristown?
Morristown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Morristown”. 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.