Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Murfreesboro, TN Crime Grade
How Murfreesboro 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Tennessee
7/10
vs. Tennessee cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Murfreesboro, TN was 398.8 per 100,000 residents (687 incidents over a population of 172,248). That puts Murfreesboro Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 19% below the Tennessee statewide rate of 493.3.
That ranks Murfreesboro #3,020 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #39 of 61 in Tennessee. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Murfreesboro, TN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Tennessee Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 398.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,020 of 3,771
- TN rank
- #39 of 61
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 172,248
- Reporting agency
- Murfreesboro Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Murfreesboro Police Department (FBI ORI TN0750100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Murfreesboro, TN
Also known as
- Murfreesborough
- Murfreysburo
- Cannonsburgh
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. Murfreesboro (red), Tennessee (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Murfreesboro 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 | 396.4(617) | 475.2(769) | 473.3(790) | 430.0(729) | 398.8(687) |
| Murder | 4.5(7) | 6.8(11) | 9.0(15) | 3.5(6) | 1.7(3) |
| Rape | 88.0(137) | 74.8(121) | 72.5(121) | 57.2(97) | 52.8(91) |
| Robbery | 34.1(53) | 36.5(59) | 37.1(62) | 30.1(51) | 23.2(40) |
| Aggravated assault | 269.8(420) | 357.2(578) | 354.7(592) | 339.2(575) | 321.0(553) |
| Property crime | 2217.8(3,452) | 2092.6(3,386) | 2340.7(3,907) | 2029.8(3,441) | 1546.6(2,664) |
| Burglary | 206.9(322) | 173.7(281) | 186.3(311) | 163.4(277) | 129.5(223) |
| Larceny | 1823.3(2,838) | 1701.4(2,753) | 1911.1(3,190) | 1665.3(2,823) | 1286.5(2,216) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 185.7(289) | 213.8(346) | 240.8(402) | 199.4(338) | 125.4(216) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Murfreesboro, 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 Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro calculated?
- Murfreesboro'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 Murfreesboro 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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