Photo: Brent Moore · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Sevierville than in 91% of U.S. towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 4.4 violent crimes and 33.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 8.2 and 30.0 in the rest of Tennessee. It has more violent crime than 85% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 93%. The grade is D, built on crimes Sevierville’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #111 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee. The crimes the grade counts fell 20% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
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 Sevierville
Sevierville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Tennessee towns on Sevierville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Pigeon Forge (D−). Neighbors ↓
A job center
Sevierville has 19,154 jobs based in town for 19,010 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 Sevierville’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sevierville property | Rest of Tennessee property | Sevierville violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.1 | 33.5 | 6.6 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 37.4 | 35.4 | 5.1 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 31.7 | 30.6 | 4.4 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 30.3 | 24.3 | 3.9 | 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.
Crime in Sevierville 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sevierville | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sevierville’s police reported 241 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
621 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.
70 violent and 551 property, as reported to the FBI by Sevierville’s police.
21 people died in crashes on Sevierville’s roads in 2019–2023
Sevierville had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 21 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 22.8 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.
Sevierville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevierville | D | 4.4 | 33.1 |
| Pigeon Forge | D− | 8.2 | 35.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevierville | D | 4.4 | 33.1 |
| White House | B− | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Goodlettsville | B− | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| Springfield | C | 4.2 | 10.4 |
| Tullahoma | C− | 3.9 | 17.1 |
| Dickson | D | 5.0 | 24.3 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Sevierville’s population (19,010), 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 Sevierville. 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 Sevierville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (18,175 in 2025); our figure for Sevierville is 19,010 (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 Sevierville
Is Sevierville, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sevierville reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #111 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 4.4 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 Sevierville?
4.4 violent and 33.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Sevierville safer than Pigeon Forge?
Pigeon Forge reports more crime per resident than Sevierville: Pigeon Forge grades D− for safety and Sevierville D. Pigeon Forge’s police reported 8.2 violent and 35.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sevierville?
Sevierville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sevierville”. 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.