CrimeMetric

Crime in Newport, Tennessee

Major crime in Newport is about the U.S. rate per resident: 20% higher for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 9.3% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
101
about the U.S. rate
about the Tennessee rate
down 9.3% in a year
Persons crimes
120
20% above the U.S. rate
8% below the Tennessee rate
down 5.4% in a year
Property crimes
97
about the U.S. rate
6% above the Tennessee rate
down 10.4% in a year
Social disorder
152
1.5 times the U.S. rate
17% above the Tennessee rate
down 7.9% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Newport 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 Newport

The middle half of Newport residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 75 and 111; the typical (median) resident's is 110.

Map of Newport, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10036.0%
  • 100–20064.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

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

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm108
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am92
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm98
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am101
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 9.3% in a year; across Tennessee it fell 21.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-9.3%TN -21.1%-8.9%TN -9.5%
Persons crimes-5.4%TN -18.4%+2.9%TN +1.7%
Property crimes-10.4%TN -21.9%-12.1%TN -13.0%
Social disorder-7.9%TN -16.6%-5.0%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

Newport against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

550 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Newport; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Cortez, CO7,630162
Newport, TN7,630101
Aztec, NM7,62996
Huron, CA7,62575
Pevely, MO7,63266

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

Nearby places

Newport has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Morristown (19 mi), is about Newport's rate.

Sevierville21 mi148
Morristown19 mi102
Newport101
Rogersville32 mi100
Mascot33 mi60
Seymour32 mi28

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

Questions about crime in Newport

What are the most common crimes in Newport?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 41 a year), shoplifting (about 31 a year) and aggravated assault (about 23 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol 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. Newport's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Newport has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 54.3% 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: 7,630. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100