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Clay County, TN Arrest Records

Clay County, TN is among the safest counties in the USA with 2.06 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Knox, Blount, Sullivan, Bradley, Tipton counties in Tennessee.
Clay County, TN property crime rate is 6.06 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 26 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that increased by 13.04% compared to 2015.

Clay County, TN Crime Rate

Total arrests in Clay County in 2016 increased by 14.55% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes increased from 14 to 16 while non-violent crime increased by 14.63% from 41 to 47.

5 Crimes In Clay County, TN in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 26
Aggravated assault 16
Burglary 11
Motor vehicle theft 10
Arson 1

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Clay County increased by 14.29% from 2015. In 2016 violent crime rate in Clay County was 56.02% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.206%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Clay County increased by 14.63% from 2015. In 2016 property crime rate in Clay County was 78.67% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.606%.

How Clay stands up against other counties

Clay vs. Lake

You’ll be in more risk in Clay compared to Lake county that had 90.23% lower crime rate compared to Clay county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0000 in Lake county.
Arson rates of 0.1290 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Lake county.

Clay vs. Perry

You’ll be in more safety in Clay compared to Perry county that had 94.68% higher crime rate compared to Clay county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.2511 in Perry county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 1.2900 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and higher than average 1.2557 in Perry county.

Names with the most arrests in Clay

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Clay, Tennessee, the most crimes, that's 90.56% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 51-60.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Clay County is 0.75% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 2.23 daily crimes that occur in Clay County.
  • Clay, TN is more violent than Lake.
  • In Clay County you have a 1 in 123 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Clay, TN have increased by 14.55%.

Clay Police Departments

Cities in Clay County

Names in Clay County