Nashville, TN crime rate
In 2025 the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reported 961.6 violent crimes and 3,872.9 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (most of Nashville-Davidson County, the consolidated city-county government; FBI population 718,499). The FBI's estimates for Tennessee and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Nashville compare with Tennessee and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Nashville only.
What offenses were reported in Nashville, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Tennessee | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 6,909 | 961.6 | 492.3 | 327.6 | down 18.5% | down 20.2% |
| Murder | 57 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 4.1 | down 46.3% | down 45.9% |
| Rape | 524 | 72.9 | 35.3 | 36.1 | down 6.9% | up 3.1% |
| Robbery | 803 | 111.8 | 41.5 | 49.4 | down 31.5% | down 52.4% |
| Aggravated assault | 5,525 | 769.0 | 409.1 | 238.0 | down 16.7% | down 13.1% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 27,827 | 3,872.9 | 1,636.6 | 1,534.8 | down 15.0% | up 5.0% |
| Burglary | 2,752 | 383.0 | 204.5 | 193.6 | down 14.8% | down 24.1% |
| Larceny-theft | 20,987 | 2,921.0 | 1,205.7 | 1,144.1 | down 13.3% | up 6.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,028 | 560.6 | 226.4 | 197.0 | down 23.4% | up 31.3% |
| Arson | 60 | 8.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 6.3% | down 25.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department and sent to the FBI. Tennessee and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Nashville's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 57 | 56 |
| Murder | 2024 | 103 | 87 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 803 | 1,048 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 1,140 | 1,464 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 5,525 | 4,994 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 6,454 | 5,723 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 2,752 | 3,230 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 3,141 | 3,602 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 4,028 | 4,331 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 5,118 | 5,385 |
City count: Metro Nashville Police Department Incidents, Metro Nashville, data.nashville.gov, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Nashville | United States | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,205.3 | 387.0 | 671.8 |
| 2022 | 1,240.8 | 388.7 | 637.4 |
| 2023 | 1,256.8 | 379.5 | 636.5 |
| 2024 | 1,179.4 | 362.9 | 602.4 |
| 2025 | 961.6 | 327.6 | 492.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Nashville | United States | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,688.2 | 1,832.3 | 2,255.8 |
| 2022 | 3,945.9 | 1,973.8 | 2,331.3 |
| 2023 | 4,519.2 | 1,934.1 | 2,373.3 |
| 2024 | 4,559.0 | 1,761.1 | 2,047.7 |
| 2025 | 3,872.9 | 1,534.8 | 1,636.6 |
Is Nashville safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department reported, 961.6 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Tennessee's 492.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 18.5% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025 the violent crime rate was 961.6 per 100,000 residents in the area the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department covers, which is the consolidated city-county of Nashville-Davidson County apart from the satellite cities with their own police. The department had 6,909 violent crimes and 27,827 property crimes reported to the FBI that year. Violent crime was 2.0 times the FBI's Tennessee estimate of 492.3 and 2.9 times the US rate of 327.6.
The property rate of 3,872.9 was 2.4 times the state figure and 2.5 times the US figure. From 2024 to 2025 violent crime fell 18.5% and property crime 15.0%. Compared with 2021, violent crime is down 20.2%, while property crime is up 5.0%, from 3,688.2.
Robbery had the largest fall of the violent offenses from 2021 to 2025, 52.4%. From 2024 to 2025 murder fell the most, 46.3%, to 7.9 per 100,000, or 57 homicides. Motor vehicle theft rose the most of the property offenses since 2021, 31.3%.
That offense then had the largest fall in its group from 2024 to 2025, 23.4%. Aggravated assault was 80% of violent crime, at 769.0 per 100,000. All 12 months were reported for each of the 5 years shown, and NIBRS reporting began in 1999.
The Metropolitan Nashville Park Police, Nashville International Airport police and Nashville State Community College police report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.00 per 1,000 residents (1,546 officers, 609 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Tennessee cities
The nearest Tennessee cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (ORI TN0190100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Tennessee and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_TN0190100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (TN0190100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_TN0190100__from-2021-to-2025.json)