Tennessee Clearance Percentages for Major Crimes by County (2007)

1 min read

County Murder Rape Robbery Assault Burglary Larceny Vehicle Theft All
Anderson 75% 4% 35% 49% 8% 19% 25% 27%
Bedford 100% 54% 29% 67% 11% 12% 24% 36%
Benton 100% 100% 100% 84% 13% 24% 29% 44%
Bledsoe 50% 50% nr 56% 18% 24% 21% 33%
Blount nr 19% 40% 47% 10% 20% 15% 28%
Bradley 100% 19% 21% 38% 12% 15% 21% 25%
Campbell nr 0%(a) 14% 34% 7% 14% 13% 21%
Cannon nr nr 0%(a) 81% 5% 18% 10% 36%
Carroll 100% 0%(a) 67% 78% 19% 24% 22% 40%
Carter 100% 40% 67% 60% 20% 33% 40% 41%
Cheatham nr 33% 67% 53% 10% 19% 24% 33%
Chester 0%(a) 67% 50% 50% 18% 16% 52% 31%
Claiborne nr 50% 33% 30% 6% 12% 13% 18%
Clay nr nr nr 97% 6% 25% 27% 43%
Cocke 50% 33% 35% 38% 7% 20% 15% 23%
Coffee nr 71% 24% 40% 11% 18% 21% 27%
Crockett nr 40% 67% 55% 10% 18% 22% 33%
Cumberland 100% 20% 25% 60% 8% 12% 21% 25%
De Kalb nr 33% 33% 48% 19% 24% 44% 32%
Decatur nr 0%(a) 0%(a) 53% 13% 14% 6% 23%
Dickson 100% 44% 44% 73% 18% 30% 35% 50%
Dyer 60% 15% 45% 45% 17% 22% 25% 30%
Fayette nr 50% 10% 48% 6% 11% 12% 26%
Fentress 100% 0%(a) nr 88% 18% 31% 20% 47%
Franklin nr 20% 31% 48% 13% 13% 7% 30%
Gibson 100% 63% 27% 38% 9% 15% 26% 25%
Giles nr 89% 67% 65% 18% 33% 32% 44%
Grainger 50% 100% 29% 52% 15% 12% 12% 23%
Greene 100% 6% 21% 39% 7% 11% 9% 20%
Grundy nr 20% 100% 38% 16% 22% 4% 30%
Hamblen 100% 47% 49% 62% 24% 34% 36% 42%
Hamilton 61% 22% 24% 48% 10% 15% 18% 25%
Hancock nr nr 0%(a) 37% 7% 6% 0%(a) 10%
Hardeman 0%(a) 33% 56% 63% 16% 18% 18% 34%
Hardin 100% 63% 53% 45% 21% 26% 28% 32%
Hawkins 100% 27% 11% 59% 8% 17% 16% 33%
Haywood 100% 33% 36% 32% 10% 19% 3% 23%
Henderson 67% 45% 35% 65% 20% 23% 34% 43%
Henry 0%(a) 60% 19% 58% 10% 27% 22% 35%
Hickman nr 11% 0%(a) 47% 6% 8% 17% 27%
Houston nr nr 100% 63% 15% 15% 50% 43%
Humphreys nr 0%(a) 100% 92% 25% 25% 31% 52%
Jackson nr nr nr 75% 23% 17% 17% 31%
Jefferson 100% 42% 33% 50% 13% 20% 34% 29%
Johnson nr 0%(a) 50% 64% 8% 13% 35% 42%
Knox 75% 37% 27% 53% 16% 25% 20% 31%
Lake 100% 100% 100% 85% 40% 38% 25% 56%
Lauderdale nr 23% 21% 37% 9% 19% 21% 24%
Lawrence 100% 31% 67% 47% 15% 17% 18% 33%
Lewis nr 67% 0%(a) 65% 8% 19% 41% 37%
Lincoln nr 50% 33% 40% 9% 11% 21% 25%
Loudon 100% 14% 25% 37% 12% 16% 22% 23%
Macon 100% 50% 50% 65% 27% 21% 45% 45%
Madison 73% 60% 28% 73% 11% 24% 10% 41%
Marion 100% 33% 60% 45% 22% 22% 23% 33%
Marshall 100% 50% 17% 47% 9% 13% 20% 31%
Maury 63% 31% 38% 35% 13% 16% 23% 26%
McMinn 100% 17% 31% 24% 11% 14% 15% 18%
McNairy 100% 67% 50% 51% 13% 10% 12% 25%
Meigs nr 60% 0%(a) 50% 11% 15% 11% 28%
Monroe 100% 50% 38% 33% 12% 11% 16% 22%
Montgomery 73% 30% 26% 45% 14% 18% 18% 29%
Moore nr 25% nr 52% 15% 13% 0%(a) 29%
Morgan nr 100% 100% 80% 7% 14% 7% 31%
Obion nr 33% 27% 62% 20% 25% 50% 38%
Overton 100% 33% 25% 73% 7% 17% 22% 30%
Perry nr 0%(a) nr 48% 23% 19% 28% 33%
Pickett nr nr nr 88% 0%(b) 2% 0%(a) 8%
Polk nr 100% 17% 47% 6% 17% 15% 27%
Putnam 100% 32% 46% 43% 9% 22% 18% 28%
Rhea 67% 67% 43% 47% 14% 24% 19% 33%
Roane 100% 44% 38% 26% 9% 19% 16% 20%
Robertson 100% 24% 30% 46% 16% 16% 14% 31%
Rutherford 50% 18% 12% 25% 6% 13% 8% 17%
Scott 100% 25% 0%(a) 43% 11% 19% 27% 29%
Sequatchie nr 0%(a) 0%(a) 56% 15% 8% 5% 29%
Sevier 60% 62% 29% 73% 10% 19% 21% 33%
Shelby 58% 36% 20% 27% 7% 13% 7% 18%
Smith 50% 50% 50% 82% 25% 27% 63% 49%
Stewart nr 100% 0%(a) 81% 9% 20% 22% 47%
Sullivan 75% 39% 43% 53% 16% 24% 27% 34%
Sumner 67% 55% 50% 53% 17% 22% 29% 37%
Tipton 67% 23% 30% 42% 11% 15% 11% 28%
Trousdale nr 50% 100% 74% 11% 25% 33% 47%
Unicoi 100% 0%(a) 100% 57% 39% 29% 80% 43%
Union nr 0%(a) 17% 67% 11% 14% 13% 26%
Van Buren 100% nr nr 94% 13% 14% 0%(a) 32%
Warren nr 63% 58% 76% 14% 25% 18% 42%
Washington 100% 72% 63% 74% 20% 36% 38% 49%
Wayne nr 100% 0%(a) 88% 19% 16% 31% 58%
Weakley 100% 63% 90% 45% 20% 21% 29% 32%
White 100% 29% 0%(a) 39% 4% 8% 8% 18%
Williamson 80% 26% 37% 59% 13% 21% 33% 34%
Wilson 75% 31% 30% 40% 10% 19% 26% 28%

 

Return to Tennessee Index

Return to United States Index

Notes:

a: 1 to 10 reported crimes

b: 11 to 20 reported crimes

c: 21 to 30 reported crimes

d: 31 to 40 reported crimes

nr: no crimes reported

The data set used for this presentation (see below) is consisent with but may differ in part from other data sets provided by the Uniform Crime Reporting Program and used for other presentations in this series.

Clearance Percentage: The percentage of known or reported crimes cleared by arrest. The percentage is determined by dividing the number of arrests for a specific offense by the number of offenses reported to police. Blank cells indicate that no offenses in this category were reported to police. A zero percentage (0%) indicates that none of the reported offenses were cleared by an arrest.

Reported Crimes: The number of known crimes reported to police. The number of these crimes cleared by arrest is represented by the Clearance Percentage, calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by the number of crimes cleared by an arrest, and is provided in a separate table.

All: Refers to all of the seven major crimes in the table: murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and vehicle thef (see below)t.

Description of Source Data: “The . . . dataset is a compilation of offenses reported to law enforcement agencies in the United States. Due to the vast number of categoriesof crime committed in the U.S., the FBI has limited the type of crimes includedin this compilationto those crimes which people are most likely to report to police and those crimeswhich occur frequentlyenough to be analyzed across time. Crimes included are criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft. Much informationabout these crimes is provided in this dataset. The number oftimes an offense has been reported, the number of reported offenses that havebeen cleared byarrests . . . [are] major items of information collected.” Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Departmentof Justice.

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data – Offenses Known and Clearances by Arrest

More Information on Source Data