What is the crime rate in Shelbyville, TN?

In 2025, the Shelbyville Police Department reported 111 violent crimes and 366 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 421 violent and 1,389 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,357 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: 421
Property per 100,000: 1,389
Violent crimes: 111
Property crimes: 366

Crime reported by the Shelbyville 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	135	543	529	2,126	24,877
2024	113	440	493	1,922	25,655
2025	111	421	366	1,389	26,357

Violent crimes reported went from 135 in 2023 to 111 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 529 in 2023 to 366 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.

Shelbyville against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Shelbyville	421	1,389
Bedford County	322	935
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 Shelbyville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Shelbyville	—	421	1,389
Tullahoma	16 mi	330	1,444
Chapel Hill	16 mi	103	978
Lewisburg	19 mi	617	1,452
Manchester	21 mi	471	2,071
Murfreesboro	24 mi	405	1,556
Estill Springs	25 mi	222	519
Fayetteville	25 mi	977	2,011
Winchester	29 mi	229	1,547

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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