State crime profile · 2024
Tennessee Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 176 cities and 92 of 95 counties in Tennessee (TN), ranked safest to most dangerous from 412 reporting agencies.
Data updated 2026-08-24
- 601.6
- Violent / 100K
- 2,057.9
- Property / 100K
- 176
- Cities
- 92
- Counties
Tennessee violent crime is 601.6 per 100,000, 71% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Tennessee records 601.6 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 71% above the national average (about the 48th-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.
- 601.6 violent crimes per 100K
- +71% vs. the U.S. average
- 48th safest of 51 states & DC
- 2,057.9 property crimes per 100K
How safe is Tennessee? FBI UCR data snapshot
Tennessee (TN) reported 43,481 violent crimes and 148,740 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 412 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 601.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2057.9 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 7,227,750. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 176 Tennessee cities and 92 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Tennessee below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.
Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 608.4 to 601.6 per 100,000, a decline of 1.1%. City-level detail pages within Tennessee include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.
How Tennessee ranks nationally
Tennessee vs. every U.S. state
Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.
602 6th percentile among 51 U.S. states
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Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024
Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends
Crime Trends
| Year | Population | Violent Crime | Rate | Property Crime | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7,227,750 | 43,481 | 601.6 | 148,740 | 2057.9 |
| 2023 | 7,126,489 | 45,901 | 644.1 | 170,713 | 2395.5 |
| 2022 | 7,051,339 | 44,900 | 636.8 | 165,143 | 2342 |
| 2021 | 6,975,218 | 46,927 | 672.8 | 158,047 | 2265.8 |
| 2020 | 6,886,834 | 46,976 | 682.1 | 174,437 | 2532.9 |
| 2019 | 6,829,174 | 41,367 | 605.7 | 183,419 | 2685.8 |
| 2018 | 6,770,010 | 42,831 | 632.7 | 194,274 | 2869.6 |
| 2017 | 6,715,984 | 44,022 | 655.5 | 199,158 | 2965.4 |
| 2016 | 6,651,194 | 42,674 | 641.6 | 192,873 | 2899.8 |
| 2015 | 6,600,299 | 40,811 | 618.3 | 196,950 | 2984 |
| 2014 | 6,549,352 | 39,843 | 608.4 | 201,042 | 3069.6 |
Cities in Tennessee
Safest cities in Tennessee
Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Brentwood 58
Brentwood
58 /100K
- Hendersonville
Hendersonville
123 /100K
- Maryville
Maryville
132 /100K
- Franklin
Franklin
132 /100K
- Collierville
Collierville
150 /100K
- Mount Juliet
Mount Juliet
159 /100K
- Spring Hill
Spring Hill
164 /100K
- Germantown
Germantown
168 /100K
What this shows Brentwood is the safest sizeable city in Tennessee, at 57.5 violent crimes per 100,000.
Highest violent-crime cities in Tennessee
Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Memphis
Memphis
2,501 /100K
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
1,124 /100K
- Jackson 950
Jackson
950 /100K
- Chattanooga 824
Chattanooga
824 /100K
- Morristown 766
Morristown
766 /100K
- Knoxville 740
Knoxville
740 /100K
- Columbia 573
Columbia
573 /100K
- La Vergne 476
La Vergne
476 /100K
What this shows Memphis reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Tennessee, at 2,501.3 per 100,000.
Memphis is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 29 Tennessee cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.
| City | Population | Violent / 100K | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Nashville Police Department | 698,987 | 1,124.1 | F |
| Memphis | 613,207 | 2,501.3 | F |
| Knoxville | 200,457 | 740.3 | F |
| Chattanooga | 188,894 | 823.7 | F |
| Clarksville | 185,349 | 410 | C |
| Murfreesboro | 169,520 | 420 | C |
| Franklin | 90,077 | 132.1 | A |
| Johnson City | 74,093 | 402.2 | C |
| Jackson | 68,286 | 950.4 | F |
| Hendersonville | 64,126 | 123.2 | A |
| Spring Hill | 59,921 | 163.5 | A |
| Smyrna | 58,791 | 279 | C |
| Kingsport | 57,138 | 441 | D |
| Bartlett | 55,494 | 250.5 | B |
| Gallatin | 52,346 | 208.2 | B |
| Lebanon | 51,653 | 344.6 | C |
| Collierville | 51,312 | 150.1 | B |
| Cleveland | 49,482 | 452.7 | D |
| Columbia | 49,374 | 573.2 | F |
| Brentwood | 45,208 | 57.5 | A |
| Mount Juliet | 44,049 | 158.9 | A |
| Germantown | 39,938 | 167.8 | B |
| La Vergne | 39,897 | 476.2 | D |
| Cookeville | 37,248 | 292.6 | C |
| Oak Ridge | 34,071 | 290.6 | B |
| Morristown | 32,660 | 765.5 | F |
| Maryville | 32,583 | 132 | A |
| Bristol | 28,082 | 363.2 | C |
| Shelbyville | 25,655 | 432.7 | C |
| East Ridge | 21,886 | 411.2 | C |
| Tullahoma | 21,208 | 391.4 | C |
| Springfield | 19,729 | 390.3 | C |
| Sevierville | 18,084 | 436.9 | D |
| Goodlettsville | 17,312 | 127.1 | A |
| Dickson | 16,980 | 465.3 | D |
| White House | 16,177 | 234.9 | B |
| Nolensville | 15,930 | 50.2 | A+ |
| Dyersburg | 15,917 | 1,256.5 | F |
| Greeneville | 15,866 | 258.4 | C |
| Athens | 14,949 | 622.1 | F |
| Alcoa | 14,270 | 385.4 | C |
| Elizabethton | 14,228 | 147.6 | B |
| McMinnville | 13,787 | 638.3 | F |
| Portland | 13,703 | 372.2 | C |
| Manchester | 13,626 | 653.2 | F |
| Lewisburg | 13,406 | 716.1 | F |
| Soddy-Daisy | 13,281 | 165.7 | A |
| Crossville | 12,842 | 646.3 | F |
| Lenoir City | 12,354 | 348.1 | C |
| Red Bank | 12,113 | 396.3 | C |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,110 | 322 | C |
| Millington | 11,785 | 602.5 | F |
| Collegedale | 11,599 | 17.2 | A+ |
| Martin | 11,059 | 298.4 | B |
| Oakland | 11,026 | 72.6 | A |
| Union City | 10,887 | 698.1 | F |
| Atoka | 10,777 | 176.3 | A |
| Fairview | 10,496 | 123.9 | A |
| Clinton | 10,430 | 450.6 | D |
| Paris | 10,360 | 164.1 | B |
| Winchester | 10,177 | 373.4 | C |
| Brownsville | 9,264 | 1,036.3 | F |
| Signal Mountain | 8,935 | 89.5 | A |
| Jefferson City | 8,877 | 292.9 | C |
| Covington | 8,537 | 1,112.8 | F |
| Milan | 8,331 | 564.2 | D |
| Pulaski | 8,243 | 461 | D |
| Lexington | 8,000 | 412.5 | C |
| Humboldt | 7,828 | 574.9 | D |
| Ripley | 7,575 | 1,742.6 | F |
| Dayton | 7,465 | 241.1 | B |
| Savannah | 7,344 | 694.4 | F |
| Church Hill | 7,311 | 27.4 | A+ |
| La Follette | 7,187 | 320 | B |
| Fayetteville | 7,042 | 1,150.2 | F |
| Newport | 7,010 | 684.7 | F |
| Greenbrier | 6,949 | 158.3 | A |
| Munford | 6,901 | 449.2 | C |
| Loudon | 6,876 | 160 | A |
| Sweetwater | 6,696 | 343.5 | C |
| Jonesborough | 6,684 | 149.6 | B |
| Henderson | 6,441 | 186.3 | A |
| Pigeon Forge | 6,344 | 788.1 | F |
| Kingston | 6,306 | 126.9 | A |
| Millersville | 6,295 | 238.3 | B |
| Harriman | 6,246 | 480.3 | F |
| Dunlap | 5,959 | 167.8 | B |
| Lafayette | 5,923 | 118.2 | B |
| Ashland City | 5,728 | 104.7 | A |
| Pleasant View | 5,709 | 35 | A+ |
| Rockwood | 5,698 | 579.2 | F |
| Medina | 5,654 | 176.9 | A |
| McKenzie | 5,603 | 285.6 | B |
| Smithville | 5,514 | 399 | C |
| Madisonville | 5,379 | 371.8 | C |
| Bolivar | 5,119 | 1,269.8 | F |
| Sparta | 4,887 | 122.8 | B |
| Mount Pleasant | 4,830 | 269.2 | B |
| Coopertown | 4,770 | 125.8 | A |
| Rogersville | 4,623 | 151.4 | B |
Counties in Tennessee
92 of 95 Census county-equivalents (96.8%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.
Largest counties in Tennessee, violent crime per 100K
Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.
- Shelby 68
Shelby
68 /100K
- Knox
Knox
116 /100K
- Hamilton
Hamilton
88 /100K
- Rutherford 72
Rutherford
72 /100K
- Williamson 51
Williamson
51 /100K
- Montgomery
Montgomery
83 /100K
- Sumner 58
Sumner
58 /100K
- Sullivan
Sullivan
193 /100K
Nationwide peers for Tennessee
Similar violent rate (~601.6/100K)
- Arkansas · 580.1/100K violent
- New Mexico · 696.9/100K violent
- Colorado · 481.2/100K violent
- California · 476.8/100K violent
Nearby States
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Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.
Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.
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