Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, TN Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, TN

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, TN — reporting population 698,987 in 2024 — recorded 7,857 violent crimes and 31,521 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 1124.1 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 4509.5 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 6,169 incidents, robbery 1,083, murder 102, and rape 503 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (23,377), burglary (3,093), motor vehicle theft (5,051), and arson (54). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Metropolitan Nashville Police Department's mix at 59.4% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department runs 1492% above the US benchmark, and 87% above the Tennessee statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 18 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 89 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.