Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Tennessee Crime Rate

5 years of data (2020–2024) · Population: 698,987

Key Insights

→Metropolitan Nashville Police Department has a safety grade of F- with a violent crime rate of 1124.1 per 100,000 residents (national avg: 359.1).
→Violent crime dropped 0.4% from the previous year.
→102 murders recorded in 2024 — a rate of 14.6 per 100K.
→Crime trajectory: volatile — based on 5 years of data.
→Safer than 2% of all cities in the OpenCrime database.
→Violent-to-property crime ratio: 0.25 (near national average).

Violent Crime Rate

1124.1

-0.4% YoY

Murder Rate

14.6

102 murders

Property Crime Rate

4509.5

31,521 total

vs National Avg

↑ 213%

National: 359.1

2024 Crime Breakdown

Violent Crime: 7,857

Murder102

Rape503

Robbery1,083

Aggravated Assault6,169

Property Crime: 31,521

Burglary3,093

Larceny-Theft23,377

Motor Vehicle Theft5,051

Arson54

Year-over-Year Comparison

Year	Population	Violent Crime	Violent Rate	Murders	Property Crime	Property Rate
2024	698,987	7,857	1124.1	102	31,521	4509.5
2023	690,495	7,795	1128.9	100	30,414	4404.7
2022	679,562	7,491	1102.3	83	25,991	3824.7
2021	690,553	8,057	1166.7	99	24,943	3612.0
2020	688,013	7,951	1155.6	113	28,023	4073.0

Crime Rate Trends

Murder Rate Trend

F-

Safety Grade for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Based on violent crime rate of 1124.1 per 100K (national avg: 359.1)

Crime Trajectory

↕️ Volatile

How is this calculated? →

Safety Percentile

Safer than 2% of cities

Crime Personality: Balanced

Crime in this city follows a typical distribution across crime types — no single category dominates.

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National Arrest Demographics

The FBI does not publish per-city arrest demographic breakdowns. At the national level, arrest data shows significant racial disparities influenced by policing patterns, poverty concentration, and systemic factors.

Full Arrest Demographics by Race →Racial Disparities Analysis →Crime Statistics by Race →Who Commits Crime? →

Related Analysis

The Great Crime Decline →Gun Violence Data →Violent Crime Overview →Property Crime →

More for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

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Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, Table 8 — Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by State by City. Rates per 100,000 residents.