What is the crime rate in Memphis, TN?

In 2025, the Memphis Police Department reported 11,240 violent crimes and 30,509 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,853 violent and 5,029 property crimes per 100,000 of the 606,629 residents it serves.

Across Tennessee the rates were 499 and 1,662.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,853
Property per 100,000: 5,029
Violent crimes: 11,240
Property crimes: 30,509

Crime reported by the Memphis Police Department, 2023 to 2025

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	16,118	2,616	53,456	8,677	616,061
2024	15,378	2,508	42,718	6,966	613,207
2025	11,240	1,853	30,509	5,029	606,629

Violent crimes reported went from 16,118 in 2023 to 11,240 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 53,456 in 2023 to 30,509 in 2025.

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

Memphis against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Memphis	1,853	5,029
Shelby County	1,328	3,797
Tennessee	499	1,662
United States	330	1,552

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 Memphis, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Memphis	—	1,853	5,029
Germantown	11 mi	125	1,235
Southaven	11 mi	268	1,655
Horn Lake	12 mi	83	1,459
Bartlett	12 mi	262	1,179
Olive Branch	13 mi	174	1,036
West Memphis	13 mi	1,785	3,500
Marion	15 mi	564	1,597
Collierville	16 mi	175	1,015

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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