Springfield, TN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 11% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Springfield, TN shows violent crime at 390.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 917.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% 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
390.3/100K violent
917.4/100K property
+11% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Springfield, TN
Comparable rate records
Springfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Tennessee cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Springfield's 390.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Tullahoma (391.4), Adamsville (394.6), Alcoa (385.4), Red Bank (396.3). 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 713.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 390.3 in 2024 (-45.3%). The highest observed value was 713.8 in 2020 and the lowest 390.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 29.8% of the 258 Part I offenses reported in Springfield for 2024, against a median of 18.7% across comparable Tennessee cities — a gap of 11.1 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.
Position in the state cohort
Springfield sits mid-pack among comparable Tennessee cities
At 390.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Springfield ranks 68 of 176 — above 108 of the 175 other Tennessee cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +30.8% 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 Springfield'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.
Springfield's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.7 Census sq mi, Springfield logged 13.3 property and 5.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Springfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (59% of 258 offenses; mix index 4,251).
Violent offenses are 30% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.7 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
-26.9%
1255.5 → 917.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-17.6%
473.4 → 390.3/100K
Property offenses lead Springfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs TN
Property Crime
181
917.4
2057.9
Larceny-Theft
152
770.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
22
111.5
-
Burglary
7
35.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
77
390.3
601.6
Aggravated Assault
68
344.7
-
Murder
5
25.3
-
Robbery
3
15.2
-
Rape
1
5.1
-
Springfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Springfield 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
Springfield Police Department
Reporting agency for Springfield NIBRS-participating
Springfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Springfield's 258 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 Springfield in population. Their populations run from 15,917 to 21,886, against 19,729 here. Or use our
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Springfield at 390.3/100K violent and 917.4/100K property - matched below outside Tennessee (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Springfield reported 77 violent crimes and 181 property crimes, for a total of 258 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Springfield?
From 2023 to 2024, Springfield's violent crime rate decreased by 17.6%, and the property crime rate decreased by 26.9%.
What is the most common crime in Springfield?
The most common crime type in Springfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 58.9% of all reported crimes (152 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Springfield 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 Springfield, TN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.