Chattanooga sees double digit crime rate decrease for second year in a row
Chattanooga, Tenn. (January 23, 2025) - Today Mayor Kelly and Police Chief
John Chambers announced that new annual statistics show that crime
decreased by 11% overall in Chattanooga from 2023 to 2024, building on a
12% decrease from 2022 to 2023.
“The work is working. For the second year in a row crime has been reduced
by double digit percentages in Chattanooga,” said Mayor Tim Kelly. “While
we’re proud of our progress, any crime is too much crime, and we won’t stop
until every Chattanoogan is safe and feels safe from crime. I want to thank
the brave men and women of the Chattanooga Police Department as well as our
many community partners who are working to prevent crime and violence from
occurring in our city.”
The data showed that from 2023 to 2024 Chattanooga saw: a 7% reduction in
homicides, a 21% reduction in non-fatal shootings, a 11% reduction in
aggravated assaults, a 25% reduction in burglary, a 17% reduction in thefts
from vehicles, and a 50% reduction in fatal overdoses. For the full
dataset click
here
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“We’ve seen significant reductions in violent crime like homicides,
shootings, and assaults, as well as property crimes like burglary and theft
from vehicles,” said Chattanooga Police Chief John Chambers. “This would
not have been possible without every single one of our CPD employees, and
they should be proud. As we work to lower crime rates even further, we’ll
continue to focus on the values and policies that have made us successful,
including community engagement, neighborhood policing, gun violence
prevention, mental health crisis co-response, and professional development
and recruiting of officers.”