The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bradley County, TN
Bradley County is home to 111,100 residents and includes Cleveland and Charleston · Updated November 2026
Is Bradley County, TN safe?
Yes, crime in Bradley County is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bradley County sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bradley County run from A+ to C, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 854 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bradley County as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bradley County scores 854.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Bradley County, TN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bradley County, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Bradley County
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Bradley County, 69% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Robbery runs low. Bradley County has 0.28 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 0.62.
The safest and most dangerous places in Bradley County
Low crime is the norm across Bradley County: 95% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Bradley County run from A+ to C; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 95%C 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Bradley County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Bradley County?
Reported crime in Bradley County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 49% and property crime down 54%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.3 to 3.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 30 to 14 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Bradley CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Bradley County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bradley County
Violent, US
Property, Bradley County
Property, US
2016
-11%
+4%
+19%
+15%
2017
-8%
+4%
+12%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+0%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
-16%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
-25%
+5%
-32%
-6%
2023
-48%
+2%
-46%
-7%
2024
-49%
-4%
-54%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bradley County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bradley County has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 5% less than the US as a whole and 26% less than Tennessee.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Bradley County, about 44% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Bradley County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Bradley County, 2022 to 2024.
In Bradley County, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bradley County compares with nearby counties
Of the 10 counties closest to Bradley County, 8 have less crime. Murray County, GA and Meigs County have the least.
Transit, density and walkability in Bradley County
Two things set Bradley County apart: it has 4% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bradley County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 84% of Americans
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of Americans
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.51% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 82% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 64% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.6.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 56% of Americans
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Bradley County
Crime costs Bradley County about $989 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 18% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $41 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $114 million a year, or $1,030 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.5 million
$40
Rape
$940,000
$8
Robbery
$980,000
$9
Assault
$19 million
$174
Burglary
$2.0 million
$18
Theft
$6.2 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$4.4 million
$40
Arson
$190,000
$2
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$25
Total
$41 million
$373
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bradley County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Bradley County, TN average a SchoolGrade of B-: 43% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bradley County on SchoolGrade
