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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 22, 2025

Major crime in Memphis is lower than it has been since at least 2019, The Commercial Appeal reports. The data compares the first nine months of 2025 with the same period in previous years and includes Tennessee Bureau of Investigation statistics tracking crime through individual victims. Memphis has seen crime decline year over year since reaching a near-record high in 2023. According to the crime commission’s data, violent crime fell 21.5% and property crime fell 23.4% between 2024 and 2025. Compared with the same period in 2023, violent crime is down 23.1% and property crime is down 38.6%.