Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Metropolitan Nashville, TN Crime Grade
How Metropolitan Nashville 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
10/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Metropolitan Nashville, TN was 942.1 per 100,000 residents (6,769 incidents over a population of 718,499). That puts Metropolitan Nashville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 91% above the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Metropolitan Nashville (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Metropolitan Nashville 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 | 1204.4(8,317) | 1239.8(8,425) | 1255.2(8,667) | 1177.1(8,228) | 942.1(6,769) |
| Murder | 14.6(101) | 16.0(109) | 14.6(101) | 14.6(102) | 8.2(59) |
| Rape | 69.9(483) | 70.2(477) | 72.6(501) | 76.7(536) | 69.7(501) |
| Robbery | 235.0(1,623) | 199.0(1,352) | 181.2(1,251) | 163.2(1,141) | 108.6(780) |
| Aggravated assault | 884.8(6,110) | 954.6(6,487) | 986.8(6,814) | 922.6(6,449) | 755.6(5,429) |
| Property crime | 3688.6(25,472) | 3945.2(26,810) | 4517.9(31,196) | 4556.3(31,848) | 3836.3(27,564) |
| Burglary | 504.7(3,485) | 529.2(3,596) | 420.0(2,900) | 448.6(3,136) | 371.3(2,668) |
| Larceny | 2745.6(18,960) | 2931.7(19,923) | 3290.5(22,721) | 3367.3(23,537) | 2900.5(20,840) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 427.2(2,950) | 470.6(3,198) | 797.4(5,506) | 732.5(5,120) | 556.0(3,995) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Metropolitan Nashville's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Tennessee cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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