McMinnville, TN has a F safety grade (22/100) with a violent crime rate of 638 per 100,000, 81% above the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · mid-size city

McMinnville, TN Crime Rate & Safety

McMinnville (13,787 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then TN and national benchmarks.

Data updated 2026-08-24

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F
Safety grade
1,668.2
Property / 100K
638.3
Violent / 100K
14K
Population

McMinnville, TN carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 81% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, McMinnville, TN shows violent crime at 638.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,668.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 81% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • F safety grade
  • 638.3/100K violent
  • 1668.2/100K property
  • +81% vs U.S.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for McMinnville, TN

Comparable rate records

McMinnville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to McMinnville's 638.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Crossville (646.3), Manchester (653.2), Athens (622.1), Millington (602.5). 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.

Position in the state cohort

McMinnville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Tennessee cities

At 638.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, McMinnville ranks 25 of 176 — above 151 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +113.9% against the cohort median of 298.4. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 27.7% of the 318 Part I offenses reported in McMinnville for 2024, against a median of 18.7% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 8.9 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.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 660.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 638.3 in 2024 (-3.3%). The highest observed value was 841.2 in 2021 and the lowest 501.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Property counts dominate McMinnville'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.

McMinnville's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 11.1 Census sq mi, McMinnville logged 20.8 property and 8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

McMinnville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 318 offenses; mix index 4,210).

Violent offenses are 28% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.

McMinnville offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.

Property rate moved most (2023→2024)

Property Crime Rate
-33.6%
2510.7 → 1668.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-13.8%
740.1 → 638.3/100K

Property offenses lead McMinnville's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 230 1668.2
Larceny-Theft 189 1370.9
Burglary 28 203.1
Motor Vehicle Theft 13 94.3
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 88 638.3
Aggravated Assault 76 551.2
Rape 11 79.8
Robbery 1 7.3
Murder 0 0

McMinnville Crime Trend (2020-2024)

McMinnville property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
1,668.2/100K 33.6% vs 2023
1,5002,0002,5003,0003,500 20202021202220232024 1,668

McMinnville violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
638.3/100K 13.8% vs 2023
400500600700800900 20202021202220232024 638
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 13,783 660.2 3308.4
2021 Comparable 13,790 841.2 2501.8
2022 Comparable 13,952 501.7 2207.6
2023 Comparable 13,781 740.1 2510.7
2024 Comparable 13,787 638.3 1668.2

How McMinnville sits among TN peers

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McMinnville vs. similar-size TN cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. McMinnville vs. similar-size TN cities, violent vs. property crime 133 773 Violent crime per 100K → 414 3,959 Property crime per 100K → McMinnville SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

McMinnville Police Department

Reporting agency for McMinnville NIBRS-participating

McMinnville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind McMinnville's 318 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 McMinnville in population. Their populations run from 12,842 to 14,949, against 13,787 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

McMinnville's closest TN violent-rate matches

McMinnville sits at 638.3/100K violent (grade F); the Tennessee cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

Out-of-state peers for McMinnville

McMinnville at 638.3/100K violent and 1,668.2/100K property - matched below outside Tennessee (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).

More about McMinnville's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in McMinnville?

In 2024, McMinnville reported 88 violent crimes and 230 property crimes, for a total of 318 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in McMinnville?

From 2023 to 2024, McMinnville's violent crime rate decreased by 13.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.6%.

What is the most common crime in McMinnville?

The most common crime type in McMinnville is larceny-theft, accounting for 59.4% of all reported crimes (189 incidents in 2024).

Mid-size read: McMinnville 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.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 McMinnville, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. McMinnville is scored in the mid-size municipal band (13,787 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.