Germantown, TN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 52% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Germantown, TN shows violent crime at 167.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,176.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
167.8/100K violent
1176.8/100K property
-52% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Germantown, TN
Comparable rate records
Germantown's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Germantown's 167.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Dunlap (167.8), Soddy-Daisy (165.7), Paris (164.1), Spring Hill (163.5). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 114.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 167.8 in 2024 (+46.4%). The highest observed value was 167.8 in 2024 and the lowest 106.0 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Germantown sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 167.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Germantown ranks 118 of 176 — above 58 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -44.6% against the cohort median of 302.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 12.5% of the 537 Part I offenses reported in Germantown for 2024, against a median of 18.9% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 6.4 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Germantown's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Germantown's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20 Census sq mi, Germantown logged 23.5 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Germantown's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 537 offenses; mix index 5,671).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+58.3%
106 → 167.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-14.3%
1373.3 → 1176.8/100K
Property offenses lead Germantown's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
470
1176.8
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
396
991.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
57
142.7
-
Burglary
17
42.6
-
Arson
8
20
-
Violent Crime
67
167.8
601.6
Aggravated Assault
55
137.7
-
Rape
8
20
-
Robbery
4
10
-
Murder
0
0
-
Germantown Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Germantown property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Germantown Police Department
Reporting agency for Germantown NIBRS-participating
Germantown Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Germantown's 537 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Tennessee
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Tennessee cities closest to Germantown in population. Their populations run from 32,583 to 49,374, against 39,938 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Germantown reported 67 violent crimes and 470 property crimes, for a total of 537 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Germantown?
From 2023 to 2024, Germantown's violent crime rate increased by 58.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.3%.
What is the most common crime in Germantown?
The most common crime type in Germantown is larceny-theft, accounting for 73.7% of all reported crimes (396 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Germantown figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Germantown, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.