Photo: GamblinMonkey · Public domainNewbern reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Newbern’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C for safety: #64 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 Newbern
Among Tennessee towns, closer to the middle
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Newbern’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 50% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 33% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Newbern is home to Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest, with 2,302 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 ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Newbern’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 violent rate (3.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.9) 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 3 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
Newbern’s police reported 34 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 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 | Newbern | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.8 | 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 | Newbern property | Rest of Tennessee property | Newbern violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.5 | 33.6 | 4.2 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 18.2 | 35.4 | 4.0 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 8.9 | 30.6 | 3.7 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 11.8 | 24.3 | 2.8 | 6.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
47 crimes reported in 2025
9 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by Newbern’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
No one died in a crash on Newbern’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Tennessee towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (12.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Newbern’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Newbern’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Newbern and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbern | C | 3.5 | 12.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbern | C | 3.5 | 12.9 |
| Centerville | B+ | 1.4 | 4.7 |
| South Pittsburg | B+ | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Dresden | B | 1.4 | 10.5 |
| Tiptonville | B− | 2.6 | 8.8 |
| Oliver Springs | C+ | 2.2 | 12.9 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Newbern’s population (3,222), 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 Newbern. 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 Newbern’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,227 in 2025); our figure for Newbern is 3,222 (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 Newbern
Is Newbern, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Newbern reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #64 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 3.5 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 Newbern?
3.5 violent and 12.9 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 Newbern?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Newbern?
Newbern’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Newbern”. 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.