Crime Grade · Tennessee

Most Dangerous Cities in Tennessee

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

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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.