What is the crime rate in Nashville, NC?

In 2024, the Nashville Police Department reported 9 violent crimes and 50 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 156 violent and 867 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,767 residents it serves.

Across North Carolina the rates were 383 and 2,008.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 156
Property per 100,000: 867
Violent crimes: 9
Property crimes: 50

Crime reported by the Nashville Police Department, 2023 to 2024

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	8	140	64	1,119	5,720
2024	9	156	50	867	5,767

Violent crimes reported went from 8 in 2023 to 9 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 64 in 2023 to 50 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Nashville against North Carolina and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Nashville	156	867
North Carolina	383	2,008
United States	363	1,767

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Nashville, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Nashville	—	156	867
Rocky Mount	8.3 mi	672	3,384
Sharpsburg	10 mi	336	783
Wilson	16 mi	475	2,168
Louisburg	21 mi	543	5,341
Zebulon	22 mi	379	2,179
Tarboro	23 mi	390	2,005

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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