What is the crime rate in Nashville, TN?

In 2025, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reported 6,909 violent crimes and 27,827 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 962 violent and 3,873 property crimes per 100,000 of the 718,499 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: 962
Property per 100,000: 3,873
Violent crimes: 6,909
Property crimes: 27,827

Crime reported by the Metropolitan Nashville 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	8,678	1,257	31,205	4,519	690,495
2024	8,244	1,179	31,867	4,559	698,987
2025	6,909	962	27,827	3,873	718,499

Violent crimes reported went from 8,678 in 2023 to 6,909 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 31,205 in 2023 to 27,827 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.

Nashville against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Nashville	962	3,873
Davidson County	939	3,806
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 Nashville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Nashville	—	962	3,873
Berry Hill	3.7 mi	394	6,580
Belle Meade	6.4 mi	0	794
Goodlettsville	12 mi	185	1,176
Brentwood	12 mi	61	632
Hendersonville	14 mi	140	621
Ashland City	15 mi	103	1,356
Mount Juliet	15 mi	102	716
Millersville	16 mi	217	682

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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