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Safest towns in Tennessee

Ranked by crime reported to police per 1,000 residents, averaged over 2023–2025, with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. Lower is safer. 128 towns with 2,500+ residents whose police reported every year.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Nolensville 1 Nolensville 3.6 Violent 0.4 per 1,000 Westmoreland 2 Westmoreland 4.5 Violent 0.7 per 1,000 Signal Mountain 3 Signal Mountain 4.7 Violent 0.3 per 1,000
#TownWeighted crime rateViolentProperty
1 Nolensville Nolensville15,074 people 3.6 0.4 per 1,000 2.0 per 1,000
2 Westmoreland Westmoreland2,845 people 4.5 0.7 per 1,000 1.7 per 1,000
3 Signal Mountain Signal Mountain8,860 people 4.7 0.3 per 1,000 3.4 per 1,000
4 Pleasant View Pleasant View5,276 people 5.7 0.5 per 1,000 3.6 per 1,000
5 Whiteville Whiteville4,530 people 7.2 1.2 per 1,000 2.5 per 1,000
6 Church Hill Church Hill7,139 people 7.3 0.9 per 1,000 3.6 per 1,000
7 Belle Meade Belle Meade2,708 people 7.9 0.0 per 1,000 7.9 per 1,000
8 Kingston Kingston6,224 people 8.0 1.1 per 1,000 3.5 per 1,000
9 Oakland Oakland9,979 people 9.6 1.1 per 1,000 5.2 per 1,000
10 Medina Medina5,407 people 10.2 1.9 per 1,000 2.5 per 1,000
11 Map of Brentwood Brentwood45,556 people 10.3 0.7 per 1,000 7.6 per 1,000
12 Centerville Centerville3,535 people 10.3 1.4 per 1,000 4.7 per 1,000
13 Map of Fairview Fairview10,009 people 10.6 1.2 per 1,000 5.6 per 1,000
14 Unicoi Unicoi3,806 people 10.8 0.8 per 1,000 7.6 per 1,000
15 South Pittsburg South Pittsburg3,013 people 11.1 2.2 per 1,000 2.5 per 1,000
16 Atoka10,385 people 11.3 1.6 per 1,000 5.0 per 1,000
17 Spring Hill Spring Hill55,765 people 11.5 1.5 per 1,000 5.5 per 1,000
18 Etowah Etowah3,658 people 11.7 1.3 per 1,000 6.7 per 1,000
19 Huntingdon4,441 people 12.0 1.3 per 1,000 6.6 per 1,000
20 Woodbury Woodbury2,774 people 12.3 1.1 per 1,000 8.1 per 1,000
21 White Pine White Pine2,565 people 12.4 0.6 per 1,000 9.8 per 1,000
22 Mount Juliet42,073 people 12.4 1.2 per 1,000 7.7 per 1,000
23 Hendersonville63,091 people 12.4 1.3 per 1,000 7.4 per 1,000
24 Map of Collegedale Collegedale11,330 people 12.7 0.8 per 1,000 9.5 per 1,000
25 Maryville Maryville32,392 people 13.5 1.6 per 1,000 7.1 per 1,000
26 Waverly4,302 people 14.0 2.5 per 1,000 4.1 per 1,000
27 Greenbrier Greenbrier6,971 people 14.4 2.5 per 1,000 4.3 per 1,000
28 Gallatin Gallatin48,532 people 14.7 1.9 per 1,000 7.2 per 1,000
29 Franklin Franklin87,133 people 14.9 1.5 per 1,000 8.8 per 1,000
30 Map of Millersville Millersville5,836 people 14.9 2.4 per 1,000 5.4 per 1,000
31 Camden Camden3,678 people 15.0 1.1 per 1,000 10.6 per 1,000
32 Loudon Loudon6,432 people 15.0 2.1 per 1,000 6.6 per 1,000
33 Portland Portland13,449 people 15.4 2.6 per 1,000 5.1 per 1,000
34 Jasper Jasper3,612 people 15.5 2.4 per 1,000 6.0 per 1,000
35 Dunlap5,678 people 15.7 1.3 per 1,000 10.6 per 1,000
36 Jonesborough6,232 people 15.8 1.3 per 1,000 10.8 per 1,000
37 Dresden Dresden2,943 people 16.0 1.4 per 1,000 10.6 per 1,000
38 Mountain City Mountain City2,542 people 16.9 1.6 per 1,000 10.4 per 1,000
39 White House White House14,631 people 17.2 1.9 per 1,000 9.6 per 1,000
40 Germantown Germantown40,673 people 17.8 1.3 per 1,000 12.5 per 1,000
41 Collierville Collierville51,515 people 18.0 1.5 per 1,000 12.1 per 1,000
42 Map of Algood Algood4,036 people 18.1 2.3 per 1,000 9.0 per 1,000
43 Map of Henderson Henderson6,411 people 18.6 2.5 per 1,000 8.8 per 1,000
44 New Tazewell New Tazewell2,799 people 18.7 1.4 per 1,000 13.0 per 1,000
45 Estill Springs Estill Springs2,695 people 18.9 3.2 per 1,000 6.2 per 1,000
46 Map of White Bluff White Bluff4,080 people 19.0 3.0 per 1,000 6.9 per 1,000
47 Goodlettsville Goodlettsville17,597 people 19.2 1.8 per 1,000 11.8 per 1,000
48 Tiptonville Tiptonville3,572 people 19.3 2.6 per 1,000 8.8 per 1,000
49 Dayton7,625 people 20.4 2.0 per 1,000 12.5 per 1,000
50 Munford Munford6,588 people 20.5 3.4 per 1,000 6.8 per 1,000
51 Livingston Livingston3,999 people 21.1 3.6 per 1,000 6.8 per 1,000
52 Dandridge Dandridge3,538 people 21.5 2.3 per 1,000 12.3 per 1,000
53 Oliver Springs Oliver Springs3,281 people 21.9 2.2 per 1,000 12.9 per 1,000
54 Ashland City Ashland City5,424 people 22.1 1.6 per 1,000 15.8 per 1,000
55 McKenzie McKenzie5,631 people 22.2 3.0 per 1,000 10.3 per 1,000
56 Lebanon Lebanon44,788 people 24.1 3.3 per 1,000 10.8 per 1,000
57 Bartlett Bartlett56,876 people 24.2 2.5 per 1,000 14.2 per 1,000
58 Paris Paris10,338 people 24.6 2.4 per 1,000 15.1 per 1,000
59 Martin Martin10,915 people 25.7 2.9 per 1,000 14.3 per 1,000
60 Oak Ridge Oak Ridge32,693 people 25.8 3.1 per 1,000 13.3 per 1,000
61 Map of Red Bank Red Bank12,010 people 25.8 3.5 per 1,000 11.9 per 1,000
62 Smithville5,288 people 25.9 3.7 per 1,000 11.0 per 1,000
63 Lafayette Lafayette5,727 people 26.5 1.5 per 1,000 20.5 per 1,000
64 Lenoir City Lenoir City11,110 people 26.7 2.7 per 1,000 15.8 per 1,000
65 Map of Elizabethton Elizabethton14,374 people 26.9 2.2 per 1,000 18.0 per 1,000
66 Newbern Newbern3,289 people 26.9 3.5 per 1,000 13.0 per 1,000
67 Springfield Springfield19,255 people 27.3 4.2 per 1,000 10.4 per 1,000
68 Cookeville Cookeville36,088 people 27.9 2.7 per 1,000 17.3 per 1,000
69 Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg11,844 people 28.3 3.5 per 1,000 14.3 per 1,000
70 Sweetwater Sweetwater6,532 people 28.5 3.8 per 1,000 13.2 per 1,000
71 Tazewell2,902 people 28.6 3.5 per 1,000 14.5 per 1,000
72 Jefferson City Jefferson City8,579 people 29.5 2.5 per 1,000 19.4 per 1,000
73 Map of Somerville Somerville3,466 people 29.5 4.4 per 1,000 12.0 per 1,000
74 Hohenwald3,884 people 29.7 3.5 per 1,000 15.8 per 1,000
75 Parsons Parsons2,686 people 29.8 4.7 per 1,000 11.1 per 1,000
76 Oneida Oneida3,819 people 30.0 3.3 per 1,000 16.8 per 1,000
77 Alcoa Alcoa12,222 people 30.1 4.2 per 1,000 13.3 per 1,000
78 Sparta Sparta4,939 people 30.8 1.9 per 1,000 23.2 per 1,000
79 Rogersville Rogersville4,647 people 31.2 2.7 per 1,000 20.3 per 1,000
80 Map of Clarksville Clarksville176,456 people 31.9 4.1 per 1,000 15.4 per 1,000
81 Tullahoma Tullahoma21,103 people 32.6 3.9 per 1,000 17.1 per 1,000
82 Humboldt Humboldt7,787 people 32.9 4.7 per 1,000 14.1 per 1,000
83 Greeneville Greeneville15,646 people 33.5 3.3 per 1,000 20.5 per 1,000
84 Smyrna Smyrna56,692 people 34.0 3.0 per 1,000 22.0 per 1,000
85 La Vergne40,243 people 34.4 4.6 per 1,000 16.2 per 1,000
86 Maynardville Maynardville2,528 people 34.4 3.2 per 1,000 21.6 per 1,000
87 Madisonville Madisonville5,241 people 35.4 3.3 per 1,000 22.0 per 1,000
88 Shelbyville Shelbyville24,661 people 36.2 4.6 per 1,000 17.9 per 1,000
89 Clinton Clinton10,239 people 36.5 4.4 per 1,000 19.0 per 1,000
90 Winchester Winchester9,799 people 36.8 3.5 per 1,000 23.0 per 1,000
91 Map of Murfreesboro Murfreesboro161,445 people 37.0 4.3 per 1,000 19.7 per 1,000
92 Bristol Bristol27,636 people 37.1 3.8 per 1,000 22.0 per 1,000
93 East Ridge East Ridge22,070 people 37.1 4.6 per 1,000 18.6 per 1,000
94 Mosheim Mosheim2,511 people 37.5 3.8 per 1,000 22.3 per 1,000
95 Johnson City Johnson City72,222 people 40.2 4.0 per 1,000 24.1 per 1,000
96 Columbia45,441 people 40.7 5.0 per 1,000 20.7 per 1,000
97 Map of Milan Milan8,244 people 41.0 5.3 per 1,000 19.9 per 1,000
98 Map of Cleveland Cleveland48,829 people 42.4 4.8 per 1,000 23.1 per 1,000
99 Lewisburg Lewisburg12,861 people 42.8 6.3 per 1,000 17.5 per 1,000
100 Pulaski Pulaski8,285 people 42.8 4.7 per 1,000 24.2 per 1,000
101 Harriman Harriman6,090 people 43.1 4.8 per 1,000 24.0 per 1,000
102 Lexington Lexington7,962 people 43.1 5.7 per 1,000 20.2 per 1,000
103 Dickson Dickson16,424 people 44.4 5.0 per 1,000 24.3 per 1,000
104 McMinnville McMinnville13,844 people 44.9 6.4 per 1,000 19.5 per 1,000
105 Rockwood Rockwood5,566 people 45.1 5.5 per 1,000 23.3 per 1,000
106 Map of Gatlinburg Gatlinburg3,663 people 46.1 4.1 per 1,000 29.7 per 1,000
107 Crossville Crossville12,428 people 46.4 5.6 per 1,000 24.2 per 1,000
108 Manchester Manchester12,944 people 46.9 5.6 per 1,000 24.4 per 1,000
109 Union City Union City10,982 people 49.2 5.8 per 1,000 26.0 per 1,000
110 Selmer Selmer4,488 people 50.7 7.5 per 1,000 20.9 per 1,000
111 Sevierville Sevierville18,397 people 50.9 4.5 per 1,000 33.1 per 1,000
112 Morristown Morristown31,527 people 51.1 6.5 per 1,000 25.2 per 1,000
113 Kingsport Kingsport56,262 people 51.3 5.5 per 1,000 29.2 per 1,000
114 Athens Athens14,471 people 53.1 4.8 per 1,000 33.9 per 1,000
115 Savannah Savannah7,412 people 53.7 6.9 per 1,000 26.0 per 1,000
116 Knoxville Knoxville195,185 people 57.2 7.5 per 1,000 27.3 per 1,000
117 Fayetteville Fayetteville7,057 people 58.1 9.7 per 1,000 19.3 per 1,000
118 Brownsville Brownsville9,622 people 63.0 9.6 per 1,000 24.5 per 1,000
119 Map of Millington Millington11,289 people 65.7 6.6 per 1,000 39.2 per 1,000
120 Newport Newport6,881 people 66.9 6.0 per 1,000 43.0 per 1,000
121 Jackson Jackson68,435 people 67.4 9.2 per 1,000 30.5 per 1,000
122 Pigeon Forge Pigeon Forge6,375 people 68.5 8.2 per 1,000 35.6 per 1,000
123 Map of Covington Covington8,587 people 73.9 11.4 per 1,000 28.4 per 1,000
124 Chattanooga Chattanooga185,783 people 75.1 8.7 per 1,000 40.3 per 1,000
125 Ripley7,658 people 86.3 16.4 per 1,000 20.7 per 1,000
126 Bolivar5,144 people 91.3 16.9 per 1,000 23.7 per 1,000
127 Dyersburg Dyersburg15,979 people 92.4 11.5 per 1,000 46.2 per 1,000
128 Memphis Memphis618,980 people 161.2 23.2 per 1,000 68.3 per 1,000

How this ranking works

For each town we add up the violent and property crimes its police reported to the FBI over 2023–2025 and divide by the population they served, giving a rate per 1,000 residents. Violent crimes (homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) count four times as much as property crimes (burglary, theft, vehicle theft and arson), because they weigh more on how safe a place feels. The lowest weighted rate ranks #1.

These are crimes reported to police, not convictions, and towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center also count incidents involving visitors. A town is ranked only if its police department reported a full year in every one of these years; towns patrolled by a county sheriff or state police don't have their own figures. There is no “most dangerous” list, on purpose.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, offenses known to law enforcement by city. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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