What is the crime rate in Smithville, TN?

In 2025, the Smithville Police Department reported 29 violent crimes and 25 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 511 violent and 440 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,679 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: 511
Property per 100,000: 440
Violent crimes: 29
Property crimes: 25

Crime reported by the Smithville 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	13	239	93	1,708	5,446
2024	22	399	71	1,288	5,514
2025	29	511	25	440	5,679

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 29 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 93 in 2023 to 25 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.

Smithville against Tennessee and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Smithville	511	440
DeKalb County	268	344
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 Smithville, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Smithville	—	511	440
Alexandria	14 mi	400	699
Woodbury	17 mi	70	629
Gordonsville	17 mi	216	431
Baxter	17 mi	46	959
McMinnville	19 mi	532	1,711
Sparta	20 mi	221	2,569
Watertown	20 mi	360	180
South Carthage	21 mi	62	559

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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