CrimeMetric

Crime in Elizabethton, Tennessee

Major crime in Elizabethton is about the U.S. rate per resident: 27% lower for persons crimes and 12% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
105
about the U.S. rate
6% above the Tennessee rate
down 8.0% in a year
Persons crimes
73
27% below the U.S. rate
44% below the Tennessee rate
down 3.4% in a year
Property crimes
112
12% above the U.S. rate
22% above the Tennessee rate
down 8.7% in a year
Social disorder
66
35% below the U.S. rate
49% below the Tennessee rate
down 6.4% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Elizabethton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Elizabethton

The middle half of Elizabethton residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 40 and 71; the typical (median) resident's is 54. The citywide figure (105) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Elizabethton, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5035.9%
  • 50–10044.3%
  • 100–2007.8%
  • 200–4004.9%
  • 400+7.2%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm117
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am96
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm115
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am81
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Tennessee it fell 21.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.0%TN -21.1%-14.2%TN -9.5%
Persons crimes-3.4%TN -18.4%+0.4%TN +1.7%
Property crimes-8.7%TN -21.9%-16.3%TN -13.0%
Social disorder-6.4%TN -16.6%-7.0%TN -3.1%

Change in expected crimes, with Tennessee as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Elizabethton against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

622 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Elizabethton; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Payson, AZ17,149171
Pendleton, OR17,136146
Elizabethton, TN17,153105
Ladson, SC17,14169
Hollins, VA17,14057
Lakeway, TX17,16050
Canyon, TX17,16642

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Elizabethton has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Johnson City (8 mi), is about Elizabethton's rate.

Bristol, VA20 mi177
Kingsport23 mi120
Bristol17 mi116
Elizabethton105
Spurgeon15 mi50
Erwin16 mi32

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Elizabethton

What are the most common crimes in Elizabethton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 130 a year), other larceny (about 88 a year) and aggravated assault (about 36 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.4 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Elizabethton's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Elizabethton has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 17,153. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Elizabethton, Tennessee." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/tn/elizabethton

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100