|
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003
|
5.5% |
|
[20th of 0]
|
|
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005
|
8.1% |
|
[8th of 40]
|
|
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003
|
8.4% |
|
[10th of 0]
|
|
Aggravated assault
|
32,227 |
|
[7th of 51]
|
|
Arson deaths
|
3.17 |
|
[13th of 49]
|
|
Burglary
|
62,859 |
|
[10th of 51]
|
Capital offenses First-degree murder with 1 of 15 aggravating circumstances (Tenn. Code Ann. ยง 39-13-204). |
|
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row
|
40 |
|
[10th of 38]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Electrocution
|
0 |
|
[24th of 32]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row
|
1 |
|
[23rd of 26]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection
|
1 |
|
[31st of 32]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006
|
2 |
|
[27th of 43]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Total executions 2007
|
2 |
|
[5th of 10]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930
|
95 |
|
[19th of 43]
|
|
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row
|
102 |
|
[10th of 38]
|
|
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row
|
60 |
|
[9th of 38]
|
|
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000
|
15.4 |
|
[11th of 51]
|
|
Forcible rape
|
2,142 |
|
[12th of 51]
|
|
Gun violence > % Gun
|
63.1 |
|
[21st of 50]
|
|
Gun violence > % Knife
|
13.7 |
|
[25th of 50]
|
|
Gun violence > % Other Weapons
|
23.1 |
|
[29th of 50]
|
|
Gun violence > Number of homicides
|
351 |
|
[17th of 50]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Disability related
|
1 |
|
[21st of 49]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related
|
22 |
|
[13th of 49]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Race related
|
98 |
|
[11th of 49]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Religion related
|
37 |
|
[9th of 49]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related
|
44 |
|
[7th of 49]
|
|
Hate Crimes > Total number
|
202 |
|
[11th of 50]
|
|
Homicide > Total number of victims
|
432 |
|
[14th of 0]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17
|
3.2% |
|
[33rd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24
|
23.9% |
|
[23rd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34
|
24.4% |
|
[35th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49
|
24.1% |
|
[22nd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64
|
9.5% |
|
[28th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above
|
5.6% |
|
[19th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14
|
5.3% |
|
[24th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Black Female
|
8.8% |
|
[12th of 0]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Black Male
|
43.2% |
|
[19th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Other Female
|
0.2% |
|
[30th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Other Male
|
0.7% |
|
[32nd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black
|
52% |
|
[19th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other
|
0.9% |
|
[32nd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Race > White
|
45.7% |
|
[28th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female
|
26.4 %
|
|
[21st of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male
|
72.4 %
|
|
[31st of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun
|
66.7 %
|
|
[19th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife
|
11.3 %
|
|
[33rd of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons
|
21.9 %
|
|
[29th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by White Female
|
14.4% |
|
[27th of 49]
|
|
Homicide > Victims by White Male
|
31.3% |
|
[26th of 49]
|
|
Larceny-theft
|
163,845 |
|
[13th of 51]
|
|
Lynchings > Black
|
204 |
|
[8th of 44]
|
|
Lynchings > Black (per capita)
|
34.211 per 1 million people |
|
[7th of 44]
|
|
Lynchings > Total
|
251 |
|
[8th of 44]
|
|
Lynchings > Total (per capita)
|
42.093 per 1 million people |
|
[9th of 44]
|
|
Lynchings > White
|
47 |
|
[11th of 44]
|
|
Lynchings > White (per capita)
|
7.882 per 1 million people |
|
[18th of 44]
|
|
Motor vehicle theft
|
22,593 |
|
[17th of 51]
|
|
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
|
409 |
|
[15th of 51]
|
|
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
|
25,884 |
|
[17th of 50]
|
|
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita)
|
4.341 per 1,000 people |
|
[21st of 50]
|
|
Property crime total
|
249,297 |
|
[13th of 51]
|
|
Robbery
|
11,129 |
|
[13th of 51]
|
|
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails
|
6,577 |
|
[3rd of 44]
|
|
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita)
|
1,102.976 per 1 million people |
|
[4th of 44]
|
|
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities
|
5,105 |
|
[3rd of 50]
|
|
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita)
|
85.612 per 100,000 people |
|
[9th of 50]
|
|
State Prisoners > Number of deaths
|
112 |
|
[20th of 50]
|
|
State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita)
|
0.188 per 10,000 people |
|
[21st of 50]
|
|
State Prisons > Number of Homicides
|
3 |
|
[8th of 50]
|
|
State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita)
|
0.503 per 1 million people |
|
[9th of 50]
|
|
State Prisons > Number of Suicides
|
2 |
|
[38th of 50]
|
|
State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita)
|
0.335 per 1 million people |
|
[46th of 50]
|
|
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11
|
1 |
|
[28th of 40]
|
|
Violent crime
|
45,907 |
|
[8th of 51]
|
|
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities
|
1,905 |
|
[12th of 50]
|
|
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita)
|
31.947 per 100,000 people |
|
[21st of 50]
|