133 guns were stolen from cars in Knoxville in 2024, police say [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville had an average of 11 guns a month stolen from cars in 2024, according to the police department.

The report analyzed crime data from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System, which includes details about what was stolen and where it came from. Guns stolen from cars bucked car theft trends overall — the rate of other things stolen from cars has dropped 11% over the last 10 years, even as the rate of gun thefts from cars grew 200%, Everytown found in its analysis of FBI data.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has separately said that theft is a significant source of guns that end up in the hands of criminals. More than 1 million guns were reported stolen between 2017 and 2021, the agency found in …