6 Safest Cities in Tennessee (2023 FBI Crime Data)
These are the 6 safest cities in Tennessee, ranked by per-capita crime rate using 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.Tennessee has a statewide violent crime rate of 359.7 per 100,000 residents. The safest city in Tennessee is Nashville with a Safety Context Score of 68/100. All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
| # | City | Population | Violent/100K | Property/100K | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville | 689K | 391.2 | 2,086 | B (68) |
| 2 | Knoxville | 191K | 333.5 | 2,106 | B (68) |
| 3 | Memphis | 633K | 284.5 | 2,149 | B (65) |
| 4 | Chattanooga | 181K | 276.5 | 1,219 | B (65) |
| 5 | Murfreesboro | 153K | 463.1 | 1,845 | B (65) |
| 6 | Clarksville | 167K | 540.9 | 1,410 | C (53) |
All rates per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI UCR 2023.
Crime statistics for Tennessee cities are derived from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. All figures represent per-capita rates per 100,000 residents, not raw counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on FBI crime data and our Safety Context Score, Nashville is the safest city in Tennessee with a score of 68/100 (Grade B), a violent crime rate of 391.2 per 100,000, and a property crime rate of 2,086 per 100,000.
Cities are ranked using our Safety Context Score (0-100), which weighs violent crime rate vs. national average (40%), property crime rate vs. national average (30%), and 5-year trend direction (30%). All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
Crime in Tennessee has increased 0.0% over the past 5 years based on FBI data.
Safety Context Score: violent crime vs. national average (40%), property crime vs. national average (30%), 5-year trend (30%). All rates per 100,000 residents.
The this entity category groups every U.S. city and county crime rates entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2026.