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The South > Tennessee > Crime

TENNESSEAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% 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]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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