The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Athens, Tennessee | Crime Index |
| Calhoun, TN | 15.6 |
| Riceville, TN | 23.5 |
| Etowah, TN | 34.9 |
| Englewood, TN | 35.3 |
| Niota, TN | 42.0 |
| Athens, TN | 75.2 |