National Crime Stats & How It Relates to Williamson County

by Christine McDonald & Andrea Hinds

Today, we kick off our Special Report: Crime series, in which we will look at local, state and national crime statistics, share the results of our survey in which we polled our readers on a number of crime related topics and share advice on ways to keep you and your family safe.

Check out our infograph for some quick facts. We’ll break down these numbers more specifically below.

Today, we examine The National Crime Report and how it relates to us. The National Crime Report analysis is collected from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 12,879 law enforcement agencies.

Below, is a breakdown of the percentage change of certain offenses from 2014 to 2015. The FBI collected this information for the first 6 months in consecutive years from 2011 through 2015.

From January-June, here’s a look at the change in crime percentage from 2014-2015.

• Violent Crime increased 1.7%
• Murder increased 6.2%
• Robbery increased 0.3%
• Aggravated assault increased 2.3%
• Property Crime decreased 4.2%
• Burglary decreased 9.8%
• Larceny-theft decreased 3.2%
• Motor vehicle theft increased 1.0%

How does Tennessee and Williamson County stack up to the national average?

Here is a comparison of crime rates for Williamson County, The State of Tennessee and The National Crime Average. Tennessee, presently has 20% more property crime than the national average, and has 52% more personal crime than the national average

*Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average.

The statistics show that Williamson County has a much lower crime rate than other parts of the state. Nonetheless, crime happens everywhere. Tomorrow, we’ll analyze our survey results and report how you, our readers, think about crime in Williamson County.

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