Nashville Crime Map
Tennessee · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 56 incidents, 21 violent (2026-11-11) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 45,441 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 58,683 incidents |
| Full archive | 484,195 incidents (2019–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 8,324 |
Source: Metro Nashville Police Department open data.
About crime in Nashville
Latest mapped day. Nashville recorded 56 incidents on 2026-11-11, including 21 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Nashville recorded 65,646 incidents in 2024 and 58,683 in 2025, a 10.6% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-11) category breakdown
| Assault | 21 |
| Theft | 13 |
| Other | 9 |
| Fraud | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Auto theft | 3 |
| Vandalism | 2 |
Across 2019–2026, the current archive contains 484,195 incidents for Nashville. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Nashville crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Nashville recorded 58,683 police-reported incidents in 2025, according to Metro Nashville Police Department data through November 2026. Assault was the most common category with 13,945 incidents, accounting for 23.8% of the total, followed by Other at 11,913 and Theft at 11,009. The 2025 total was down 10.6% from 65,646 in 2024. The archive holds 484,195 incidents from 2019 to 2026.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in Nashville, Tennessee, using open data from the Metro Nashville Police Department. Data is current through November 2026. This page covers calendar year 2025, a complete year with 12 months of data. The headline total is 58,683 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. The archive from 2019 to 2026 holds 484,195 incidents across all years combined.
That represents 8,324.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 704,963 for the city. Violent-category incidents, counted as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 14,669 in 2025, or 25% of the total. The violent rate was 2,080.8 reported incidents per 100,000 residents. Rates describe police-reported incidents, not personal risk.
Recent trend
Total incidents fell 10.6% from 65,646 in 2024 to 58,683 in 2025, based on two consecutive complete calendar years. That 2025 total was also below the recent high of 66,973 in 2023 and below 63,869 in 2019, after intermediate totals of 62,238 in 2020, 58,827 in 2021 and 61,252 in 2022. On a same-period basis, January–October 2026 recorded 45,441 incidents, a decline of 8.1% from 49,467 in January–October 2025. The 2026 full-year count of 46,707 covers only 11 months and is partial, so it is not compared with complete years.
Category breakdown
In 2025, Assault was the most reported category with 13,945 incidents, or 23.8% of the total. Other ranked second with 11,913 incidents, or 20.3%, followed by Theft in third with 11,009 incidents, or 18.8%. Burglary added 8,422 incidents, or 14.4%, while Vandalism contributed 4,751 incidents, or 8.1%, and Fraud totaled 4,080 incidents, or 7%. Within Other, the largest components were Other crime with 4,081 incidents, or 7% of the total, Drugs with 3,512 incidents, or 6%, and Weapons offenses with 2,705 incidents, or 4.6%. Harassment totaled 1,144 incidents, Threats 392 and Impaired & dangerous driving 79.
What this means
What stands out for Nashville is that 2025, with 58,683 incidents, is the lowest complete-year total since 2019, just under 58,827 in 2021 and well under 66,973 in 2023 and 65,646 in 2024. Assault at 13,945 incidents, or 23.8%, leads the 2025 breakdown, ahead of Other at 11,913 incidents, or 20.3%, and Theft at 11,009 incidents, or 18.8%. Burglary at 8,422 incidents, or 14.4%, Vandalism at 4,751 incidents, or 8.1%, and Fraud at 4,080 incidents, or 7%, complete the listed categories.
FAQ
How many crimes were reported in Nashville in 2025?
Nashville had 58,683 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, covering 12 months of data. That equals 8,324.3 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 704,963 for the city. The all-years archive total is separate and should not be confused with the 2025 headline.
What was the most common crime in Nashville in 2025?
Assault was the most reported category in Nashville in 2025, with 13,945 incidents, or 23.8% of the 58,683 total. Other was second at 11,913 incidents (20.3%), followed by Theft at 11,009 incidents (18.8%). The violent-category total, which combines assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, was 14,669 incidents.
Did crime go up or down in Nashville compared to the prior year?
Reported incidents declined between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Nashville went from 65,646 incidents in 2024 to 58,683 incidents in 2025, a decrease of 10.6%. For the more current window, January–October 2026 totaled 45,441 incidents, compared with 49,467 in the same months of 2025, a decrease of 8.1%.
What do Nashville's 2025 numbers mean for my neighborhood?
The 58,683 incidents and the rates of 8,324.3 overall and 2,080.8 violent incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025 describe all of Nashville together. They are calculated from the city population of 704,963 and the full 12-month calendar year. Residents should read them as citywide background for 2025, since conditions on a particular block or street are not separately broken out in these totals.
Where do these Nashville crime numbers come from?
These figures come from the Metro Nashville Police Department, which is the upstream open-data source for this Nashville page. The department's 2025 release accounts for the 58,683 police-reported incidents in the calendar year, including 8,422 burglaries and 4,751 vandalism incidents. TheCrimeMaps groups the published records into categories such as assault, theft, burglary and Other for comparison.
How up to date is the Nashville crime data?
The 2025 headline of 58,683 incidents covers the complete 12-month calendar year. The archive on TheCrimeMaps extends through November 2026, with 2026 currently showing 46,707 incidents across 11 months with data. The same-month comparison for January–October shows 45,441 incidents in 2026 versus 49,467 in 2025, keeping the 2025 total in context.
Explore Nashville
By category
- Nashville Assault (105,879)
- Nashville Sexual assault (20)
- Nashville Robbery (6,962)
- Nashville Shooting (17)
- Nashville Homicide (104)
- Nashville Burglary (71,153)
- Nashville Auto theft (27,636)
- Nashville Theft from vehicle (1)
- Nashville Theft (93,991)
- Nashville Bike theft (552)
- Nashville Vandalism (47,601)
- Nashville Fraud (33,579)
- Nashville Other (96,700)
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