Crime Grade · Tennessee

Safest Cities in Tennessee

61 reporting Tennessee cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 330.2 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Nolensville	16,283	49.1	A1/10
2	Collegedale	11,609	51.7	A1/10
3	Brentwood	45,545	61.5	A1/10
4	Mount Juliet	45,237	97.3	A1/10
5	Fairview	10,807	111.0	A1/10
6	Oakland	11,249	115.6	A1/10
7	Germantown	39,849	125.5	A2/10
8	Hendersonville	64,413	138.2	A2/10
9	Spring Hill	61,615	142.8	A2/10
10	Portland	13,763	152.6	A2/10
11	White House	17,430	154.9	A2/10
12	Maryville	32,465	160.2	A2/10
13	Soddy-Daisy	13,526	170.0	A2/10
14	Franklin	90,436	171.4	A2/10
15	Collierville	52,107	174.6	A2/10
16	Gallatin	54,602	175.8	A2/10
17	Goodlettsville	17,342	184.5	A3/10
18	Atoka	10,770	185.7	A3/10
19	Lenoir City	12,578	206.7	A3/10
20	Red Bank	12,110	214.7	A3/10
21	Paris	10,575	217.5	A3/10
22	Winchester	10,474	229.1	A3/10
23	Martin	11,030	253.9	A3/10
24	Bartlett	56,471	258.5	A3/10
25	Lebanon	55,250	266.1	B4/10
26	Cookeville	37,664	268.2	B4/10
27	Elizabethton	14,446	270.0	B4/10
28	Lawrenceburg	12,234	277.9	B4/10
29	Oak Ridge	34,716	311.1	B4/10
30	Greeneville	16,099	329.2	B4/10
31	Tullahoma	21,197	330.2	B4/10
32	Smyrna	62,133	333.2	B4/10
33	Bristol	28,041	345.9	B4/10
34	Clarksville	190,532	362.1	B5/10
35	Dickson	17,087	368.7	B5/10
36	Columbia	50,684	370.9	B5/10
37	Sevierville	18,175	385.1	B5/10
38	Alcoa	14,345	397.4	B5/10
39	Murfreesboro	172,248	398.8	B5/10
40	Athens	15,300	405.2	B5/10
41	Clinton	10,559	407.2	B5/10
42	Springfield	20,109	412.8	B5/10
43	Johnson City	74,280	413.3	B5/10
44	Shelbyville	26,357	413.6	B5/10
45	East Ridge	21,911	415.3	B5/10
46	La Vergne	42,141	450.9	B5/10
47	Manchester	13,807	456.3	B5/10
48	Union City	10,806	462.7	B5/10
49	Millington	11,730	468.9	B5/10
50	Crossville	12,967	493.6	C6/10
51	Morristown	33,656	514.0	C6/10
52	McMinnville	14,089	532.3	C6/10
53	Cleveland	50,830	545.0	C6/10
54	Kingsport	57,516	565.1	C6/10
55	Lewisburg	13,771	624.5	C7/10
56	Knoxville	200,645	684.3	C7/10
57	Chattanooga	193,881	704.6	C7/10
58	Jackson	69,583	721.4	C7/10
59	Metropolitan Nashville	718,499	942.1	D8/10
60	Dyersburg	15,865	945.5	D8/10
61	Memphis	606,629	1849.1	F10/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.