Mount Carmel is a town of 5,800 in Hawkins County, about 5 miles west of downtown Kingsport · Updated November 2026
Is Mount Carmel, TN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Mount Carmel has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 924 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Mount Carmel as a whole, and 25% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mount Carmel scores 924.
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 Mount Carmel, TN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel
Thefts are uncommon. Mount Carmel has thefts at less than half the US rate: 5.6 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Mount Carmel
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mount Carmel has about 12 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 67% less than the US as a whole and 74% 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.
Theft makes up about 46% of crime reported in Mount Carmel. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
The Mount Carmel Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of theft; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Mount Carmel compares with nearby cities
Mount Carmel has less crime than 3 of its 5 nearest cities; only Gate City, VA and Church Hill have less.
Two things set Mount Carmel apart: it has 4 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of F (2 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.4 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.NoneUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of US city residents
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 and assault. 100% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (2 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 96% of US city residents
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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.30% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 89% of US city residents
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 Mount Carmel
Crime costs Mount Carmel about $301 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 75% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $2.3 million a year, or $396 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$110,000
$19
Rape
$42,000
$7
Robbery
$4,600
$1
Assault
$270,000
$47
Burglary
$26,000
$5
Theft
$170,000
$29
Vehicle theft
$69,000
$12
Arson
$5,900
$1
Vandalism
$54,000
$9
Total
$750,000
$129
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 Mount Carmel 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. Mount Carmel is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Mount Carmel, TN average a SchoolGrade of C: 38% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Mount Carmel on SchoolGrade
