Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hendersonville, TN Crime Grade
How Hendersonville 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
2/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hendersonville, TN was 138.2 per 100,000 residents (89 incidents over a population of 64,413). That puts Hendersonville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 72% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Hendersonville #1,514 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #8 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is up 9% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Hendersonville, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 138.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,514 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #8 of 61
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 9%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 64,413
- Reporting agency
- Hendersonville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hendersonville Police Department (FBI ORI TN0830400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hendersonville (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hendersonville 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 | 134.6(81) | 136.1(85) | 112.2(71) | 126.3(81) | 138.2(89) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.8(3) | 6.3(4) | 3.1(2) | 1.6(1) |
| Rape | 11.6(7) | 3.2(2) | 7.9(5) | 3.1(2) | 4.7(3) |
| Robbery | 8.3(5) | 3.2(2) | 3.2(2) | 3.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 114.7(69) | 124.8(78) | 94.8(60) | 117.0(75) | 132.0(85) |
| Property crime | 786.1(473) | 843.5(527) | 905.3(573) | 726.7(466) | 613.2(395) |
| Burglary | 116.3(70) | 62.4(39) | 60.0(38) | 51.5(33) | 51.2(33) |
| Larceny | 609.9(367) | 715.5(447) | 786.8(498) | 623.8(400) | 524.7(338) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 56.5(34) | 60.8(38) | 56.9(36) | 48.3(31) | 35.7(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hendersonville, 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 Hendersonville 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 Hendersonville calculated?
- Hendersonville'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 Hendersonville 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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