Shelbyville, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 23% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Shelbyville, TN shows violent crime at 432.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,910 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 23% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
432.7/100K violent
1910/100K property
+23% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Shelbyville, TN
Comparable rate records
Shelbyville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Shelbyville's 432.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bluff City (433.4), Gordonsville (433.8), Dyer (429.9), Sevierville (436.9). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 824.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 432.7 in 2024 (-47.5%). The highest observed value was 824.9 in 2020 and the lowest 432.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Shelbyville sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 432.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Shelbyville ranks 55 of 176 — above 121 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +45.0% 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.
Property counts dominate Shelbyville'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.
Shelbyville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 19.3 Census sq mi, Shelbyville logged 25.4 property and 5.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Shelbyville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 601 offenses; mix index 4,811).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (19.3 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
-20.3%
542.7 → 432.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-10.2%
2126.5 → 1910/100K
Property offenses lead Shelbyville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
490
1910
1711
Larceny-Theft
401
1563
-
Burglary
45
175.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
44
171.5
-
Arson
2
7.8
-
Violent Crime
111
432.7
352
Aggravated Assault
94
366.4
-
Rape
13
50.7
-
Robbery
3
11.7
-
Murder
1
3.9
-
Shelbyville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Shelbyville 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
Shelbyville Police Department
Reporting agency for Shelbyville NIBRS-participating
Shelbyville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Shelbyville's 601 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 Shelbyville in population. Their populations run from 17,312 to 32,660, against 25,655 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Shelbyville reported 111 violent crimes and 490 property crimes, for a total of 601 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Shelbyville?
From 2023 to 2024, Shelbyville's violent crime rate decreased by 20.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 10.2%.
What is the most common crime in Shelbyville?
The most common crime type in Shelbyville is larceny-theft, accounting for 66.7% of all reported crimes (401 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Shelbyville 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 Shelbyville, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.