In 2009 and 2010, Tennessee had the highest rate of violent gun crime of any US state, although less than that of Washington D.C. Tennessee ranked highest in the nation for the rate of aggravated assaults with a firearm, and ranked fifth-worst in robberies.
[4][5] In 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Memphis metropolitan area ranked second most dangerous among cities with over 500,000 population.
According to Morgan Quitno's 2010 Metropolitan Crime Rate Rankings,[6] the Jackson metropolitan area had the 13th highest crime rate in the United States.
[8] In 2018, Tennessee had 363 state and local law enforcement agencies.
Those agencies employed 26,749, including 17,544 sworn officers (those with general arrest powers).