Reported crime in Tennessee Year Population Crime rate per 100,000 population
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Violent crime
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Violent Crime rate Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate Forcible rape rate Robbery rate Aggravated assault rate
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1960 3,567,089 91.1 8.5 5.4 26.9 50.3
1961 3,615,000 108.2 8.0 6.7 30.4 63.0
1962 3,634,000 103.7 6.1 6.6 34.8 56.1
1963 3,694,000 102.2 6.5 6.7 28.4 60.7
1964 3,798,000 118.6 5.9 8.8 30.2 73.6
1965 3,845,000 138.7 8.0 11.1 28.6 91.1
1966 3,883,000 158.3 7.8 10.8 34.4 105.2
1967 3,892,000 208.4 8.9 12.5 56.5 130.5
1968 3,976,000 220.5 8.7 11.6 71.2 129.0
1969 3,985,000 231.7 9.6 12.7 75.2 134.3
1970 3,924,164 274.9 8.8 15.5 82.0 168.6
1971 3,990,000 313.8 12.4 18.1 86.5 196.8
1972 4,031,000 319.0 11.3 19.9 101.1 186.7
1973 4,126,000 358.0 13.2 26.9 130.5 187.5
1974 4,129,000 386.8 13.4 25.7 157.2 190.4
1975 4,188,000 397.0 11.4 26.1 166.8 192.6
1976 4,214,000 393.3 11.0 25.4 147.5 209.4
1977 4,299,000 389.5 10.1 29.7 145.8 203.9
1978 4,357,000 382.6 9.4 30.6 152.4 190.2
1979 4,380,000 414.0 9.8 34.5 166.1 203.6
1980 4,545,590 458.1 10.8 37.4 180.6 229.4
1981 4,610,000 412.6 9.7 37.6 171.7 193.5
1982 4,651,000 421.1 9.7 35.5 175.7 200.2
1983 4,685,000 402.0 8.8 35.9 172.8 184.6
1984 4,717,000 445.4 8.4 40.0 166.8 230.3
1985 4,762,000 474.4 9.0 42.6 180.9 242.0
1986 4,803,000 539.6 10.4 47.0 207.7 274.5
1987 4,855,000 533.5 9.1 43.9 193.8 286.6
1988 4,919,000 532.7 9.4 44.7 173.6 305.1
1989 4,940,000 548.9 8.4 46.0 160.4 334.1
1990 4,877,185 670.4 10.5 49.5 191.2 419.2
1991 4,953,000 725.9 11.0 46.4 212.9 455.6
1992 5,024,000 746.2 10.4 47.3 218.2 470.3
1993 5,099,000 765.8 10.2 49.9 220.1 485.5
1994 5,175,000 747.9 9.3 49.2 207.4 482.0
1995 5,256,000 771.5 10.6 47.1 223.2 490.5
1996 5,320,000 774.0 9.5 46.5 223.7 494.3
1997 5,368,000 789.7 9.5 56.9 214.0 509.2
1998 5,431,000 715.0 8.5 45.8 178.0 482.8
1999 5,484,000 694.9 7.1 44.0 156.8 487.0
2000 5,689,283 707.2 7.2 38.4 166.4 495.2
2001 5,740,021 745.3 7.4 38.3 178.0 521.6
2002 5,789,796 717.8 7.3 39.6 162.6 508.5
2003 5,845,208 691.3 6.8 36.4 161.0 487.1
2004 5,893,298 697.6 6.1 38.7 150.4 502.5
2005 5,962,959 752.8 7.2 36.4 167.3 541.9
2006 6,038,803 760.2 6.8 35.5 184.3 533.7
Well now, according to the FBI stats, it does look like the crime rate really shot up like a rocket when TN got that EVIL LOTTERY!! NO one can show facts that lotteries cause crime increases.