What is the crime rate in Murfreesboro, TN?

In 2025, the Murfreesboro Police Department reported 697 violent crimes and 2,680 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 405 violent and 1,556 property crimes per 100,000 of the 172,248 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: 405
Property per 100,000: 1,556
Violent crimes: 697
Property crimes: 2,680

Crime reported by the Murfreesboro 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	791	474	3,907	2,341	166,916
2024	730	431	3,440	2,029	169,520
2025	697	405	2,680	1,556	172,248

Violent crimes reported went from 791 in 2023 to 697 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 3,907 in 2023 to 2,680 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.

Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Murfreesboro	405	1,556
Rutherford County	348	1,223
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 Murfreesboro, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Murfreesboro	—	405	1,556
Smyrna	10.0 mi	336	1,909
La Vergne	14 mi	453	1,120
Nolensville	16 mi	49	172
Woodbury	20 mi	70	629
Brentwood	22 mi	61	632
Chapel Hill	22 mi	103	978
Watertown	23 mi	360	180
Lebanon	24 mi	266	711

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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