Nashville Burglary
Nashville · Burglary · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Nashville police open data recorded 8,422 burglary incidents, 14.4% of all 58,683 incidents reported in the city that year and down 17.7% from 2024. That is about 1,195 per 100,000 residents, compared with 412 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 4,976 burglary incidents have been published.
Burglary in Nashville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 4,976 | — | — |
| 2025 | 8,422 | 1,195 | down 17.7% |
| 2024 | 10,232 | 1,451 | down 3.3% |
| 2023 | 10,581 | 1,501 | up 12.3% |
| 2022 | 9,426 | 1,337 | up 15.3% |
| 2021 | 8,173 | 1,159 | down 18.8% |
| 2020 | 10,064 | 1,428 | up 8.5% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 71,153 burglary incidents.
Questions
How many burglary incidents were reported in Nashville in 2025?
8,422, according to Metro Nashville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is burglary going up or down in Nashville?
Reported burglary was down 17.7% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 10.7% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Metro Nashville Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
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- Nashville other 11,913 in 2025
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