HOW MANY DUI ARRESTS WERE MADE IN LOCAL AREA COUNTIES IN 2021? HERE’S THE COUNT

Tennessee saw a total of 18,757 DUI arrests in 2021 — a 3.03% increase from 2020, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).

The TBI compiled the data in its annual report based on numbers sent in from law enforcement agencies across the state that are recorded in the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).

While crime data from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department was not available, the Metro Nashville Police Department recorded the most DUI arrests out of any agency — 727. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that in 2020, Nashville had a population of 692,587 people. That is just over a single DUI arrest per every 1,000 Nashville residents.

Knox County, on the other hand, is home to about 67.3% of Nashville’s population. The sheriff’s office in Knox County recorded 396 DUI arrests in 2021 — equating to 0.84 DUI arrests per 1,000 residents.

One surprising piece of data – Moore County Tennessee — reported only one DUI arrest in 2021. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, Moore County is home to 6,396 residents AND is where Jack Daniels Whiskey world-wide Distillery is headquartered.

Here are the number of DUI arrests for local counties and including Cumberland:

2021 data:

Cumberland County — 89 adult arrests