Safest Cities in Tennessee

Top 50 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Collegedale at 17.2/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Tennessee

Tennessee lists 50 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Collegedale at 17.2/100K violent down to McMinnville at 638.3/100K on this cut. That is a 621.1/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 303.3 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Collegedale reported 2 violent and 96 property offenses on a 11,599 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 827.7/100K sits beside the 17.2/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Collegedale, Nolensville, Brentwood, Oakland, Hendersonville.

Collegedale offense desk

Collegedale's violent rate fell 90.2% vs 2023 (176.6 → 17.2 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Tennessee list.

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# City GradePopulationViolent Crime RateProperty Crime Rate
1 Collegedale A+ 11,599 17.2/100K 827.7/100K
2 Nolensville A+ 15,930 50.2/100K 207.2/100K
3 Brentwood A 45,208 57.5/100K 730/100K
4 Oakland A 11,026 72.6/100K 507.9/100K
5 Hendersonville A 64,126 123.2/100K 714.2/100K
6 Fairview A 10,496 123.9/100K 466.8/100K
7 Goodlettsville A 17,312 127.1/100K 895.3/100K
8 Maryville A 32,583 132/100K 506.4/100K
9 Franklin A 90,077 132.1/100K 942.5/100K
10 Elizabethton B 14,228 147.6/100K 1560.3/100K
11 Collierville B 51,312 150.1/100K 1268.7/100K
12 Mount Juliet A 44,049 158.9/100K 964.8/100K
13 Spring Hill A 59,921 163.5/100K 499/100K
14 Paris B 10,360 164.1/100K 1689.2/100K
15 Soddy-Daisy A 13,281 165.7/100K 594.8/100K
16 Germantown B 39,938 167.8/100K 1176.8/100K
17 Atoka A 10,777 176.3/100K 519.6/100K
18 Gallatin B 52,346 208.2/100K 748.9/100K
19 White House B 16,177 234.9/100K 735.6/100K
20 Bartlett B 55,494 250.5/100K 1283/100K
21 Greeneville C 15,866 258.4/100K 1897.1/100K
22 Smyrna C 58,791 279/100K 2386.4/100K
23 Oak Ridge B 34,071 290.6/100K 1276.7/100K
24 Cookeville C 37,248 292.6/100K 1661.8/100K
25 Martin B 11,059 298.4/100K 1085.1/100K
26 Lawrenceburg C 12,110 322/100K 1478.1/100K
27 Lebanon C 51,653 344.6/100K 1033.8/100K
28 Lenoir City C 12,354 348.1/100K 1602.7/100K
29 Bristol C 28,082 363.2/100K 1958.5/100K
30 Portland C 13,703 372.2/100K 459.8/100K
31 Winchester C 10,177 373.4/100K 2594.1/100K
32 Alcoa C 14,270 385.4/100K 1359.5/100K
33 Springfield C 19,729 390.3/100K 917.4/100K
34 Tullahoma C 21,208 391.4/100K 1669.2/100K
35 Red Bank C 12,113 396.3/100K 1172.3/100K
36 Johnson City C 74,093 402.2/100K 2302.5/100K
37 Clarksville C 185,349 410/100K 1632.1/100K
38 East Ridge C 21,886 411.2/100K 1996.7/100K
39 Murfreesboro C 169,520 420/100K 2022.2/100K
40 Shelbyville C 25,655 432.7/100K 1910/100K
41 Sevierville D 18,084 436.9/100K 3174.1/100K
42 Kingsport D 57,138 441/100K 2959.5/100K
43 Clinton D 10,430 450.6/100K 2147.7/100K
44 Cleveland D 49,482 452.7/100K 2384.7/100K
45 Dickson D 16,980 465.3/100K 2326.3/100K
46 La Vergne D 39,897 476.2/100K 1834.7/100K
47 Columbia F 49,374 573.2/100K 2487.1/100K
48 Millington F 11,785 602.5/100K 3801.4/100K
49 Athens F 14,949 622.1/100K 3665.8/100K
50 McMinnville F 13,787 638.3/100K 1668.2/100K

Tennessee overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.