What This Story Is About
- Tennessee law enforcement agencies reported hundreds of murders and tens of thousands of violent offenses in 2025, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s annual Crime in Tennessee report.
Why It Matters
- The report provides a statewide look at crimes against people, including murders, rape, robberies, kidnappings, assaults and more.
- TBI makes statewide and local crime data available through its Crime Insight portal.
For Context
Catch Up
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Tennessee law enforcement agencies reported nearly 500 murders and more than 30,000 aggravated assaults in 2025, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s annual crime report.
The report lists these statewide reported offenses:
- 483 murders
- 2,660 rapes
- 3,080 robberies
- 30,504 aggravated assaults
- 2,206 kidnappings or abductions
- 73,047 simple assaults
- 28,112 intimidation offenses
- 1,989 stalking offenses
The report recorded 429,120 Group A offenses statewide; here’s what that means: The category includes more serious crimes such as homicide, assault, theft, burglary and drug offenses. Agencies cleared about 40.6% of those offenses…