Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dickson, TN Crime Grade
How Dickson grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Tennessee — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
6/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dickson, TN was 368.7 per 100,000 residents (63 incidents over a population of 17,087). That puts Dickson 13% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 25% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Dickson #2,923 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #35 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 22% year over year and down 55% over the last five years.
Dickson, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 368.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,923 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #35 of 61
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 22%
- 5-year change
- down 55%
- Population
- 17,087
- Reporting agency
- Dickson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dickson Police Department (FBI ORI TN0220100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dickson, TN
Also known as
- Forty-Two
- Sneedsville
- Sneedville Station
- Dickson Station
- Smeedville
- Sneedville
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dickson (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dickson vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 825.1(129) | 761.4(123) | 709.6(117) | 471.1(80) | 368.7(63) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 6.1(1) | 5.9(1) | 5.9(1) |
| Rape | 115.1(18) | 74.3(12) | 66.7(11) | 58.9(10) | 76.1(13) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 5.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 710.0(111) | 674.8(109) | 636.8(105) | 406.4(69) | 280.9(48) |
| Property crime | 2820.8(441) | 2463.8(398) | 2947.6(486) | 2355.7(400) | 1948.9(333) |
| Burglary | 287.8(45) | 161.0(26) | 151.6(25) | 106.0(18) | 99.5(17) |
| Larceny | 2302.7(360) | 2042.8(330) | 2547.3(420) | 2014.1(342) | 1673.8(286) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 230.3(36) | 260.0(42) | 248.7(41) | 223.8(38) | 158.0(27) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dickson, TN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Dickson Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Dickson calculated?
- Dickson's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Tennessee state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Tennessee cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Dickson Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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