Nashville TN Murder/Homicide Rate 1999-2017

Interactive chart of the Nashville, Tennessee murder rate (i.e. the number of homicides per 100,000 population) from 1999 to 2017.
  • The Nashville TN murder/homicide rate for 2017 was 16.3 per 100,000 population, a 34.6% increase from 2016.
  • The Nashville TN murder/homicide rate for 2016 was 12.11 per 100,000 population, a 10.69% increase from 2015.
  • The Nashville TN murder/homicide rate for 2015 was 10.94 per 100,000 population, a 72.83% increase from 2014.
  • The Nashville TN murder/homicide rate for 2014 was 6.33 per 100,000 population, a 14.88% increase from 2013.
Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Crime in the U.S.

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Other Cities in TN
City Name Population Rate
Puryear 672 148.81
Burns 1,475 67.80
Bluff City 1,651 60.57
Harriman 6,196 32.28
Somerville 3,139 31.86
White Bluff 3,483 28.71
Etowah 3,512 28.47
Memphis 652,765 27.73
Hohenwald 3,666 27.28
Milan 7,780 25.71
Waverly 4,139 24.16
Gatlinburg 4,247 23.55
Brownsville 9,698 20.62
Alcoa 10,128 19.75
Paris 10,194 19.62
Union City 10,544 18.97
Martin 10,656 18.77
Knoxville 187,539 17.60
Chattanooga 178,753 17.34
Loudon 5,811 17.21
Nashville 674,942 16.30
Portland 12,710 15.74
Henderson 6,589 15.18
Church Hill 6,739 14.84
Pulaski 7,742 12.92
Nolensville 7,889 12.68
Humboldt 8,210 12.18
Springfield 16,869 11.86
Winchester 8,573 11.66
Jackson 67,031 10.44
Oak Ridge 29,355 10.22
Clinton 10,146 9.86
Lebanon 32,248 9.30
Clarksville 153,294 9.13
Cookeville 32,860 9.13
Crossville 11,555 8.65
Lewisburg 11,684 8.56
Bristol 27,176 7.36
McMinnville 13,786 7.25
Morristown 29,774 6.72
Dickson 15,637 6.40
Kingsport 52,810 5.68
Tullahoma 19,386 5.16
East Ridge 21,351 4.68
Smyrna 50,091 3.99
Johnson City 67,193 2.98
Columbia 38,031 2.63
Spring Hill 39,366 2.54
Cleveland 44,778 2.23
Murfreesboro 136,102 2.20
Franklin 76,995 1.30
Adamsville 2,207 0.00
Alamo 2,452 0.00
Alexandria 974 0.00
Algood 4,323 0.00
Ardmore 1,218 0.00
Ashland City 4,642 0.00
Athens 13,783 0.00
Atoka 9,197 0.00
Baileyton 434 0.00
Bartlett 58,895 0.00
Baxter 1,413 0.00
Bean Station 3,090 0.00
Belle Meade 2,975 0.00
Bells 2,423 0.00
Benton 1,307 0.00
Berry Hill 536 0.00
Big Sandy 533 0.00
Blaine 1,879 0.00
Bolivar 5,066 0.00
Bradford 989 0.00
Brentwood 43,468 0.00
Brighton 2,949 0.00
Bruceton 1,427 0.00
Calhoun 498 0.00
Camden 3,546 0.00
Carthage 2,283 0.00
Caryville 2,161 0.00
Celina 1,487 0.00
Centerville 3,564 0.00
Chapel Hill 1,481 0.00
Charleston 678 0.00
Clarksburg 384 0.00
Clifton 2,653 0.00
Collegedale 12,005 0.00
Collierville 49,790 0.00
Collinwood 963 0.00
Coopertown 4,455 0.00
Cornersville 1,252 0.00
Covington 8,909 0.00
Cowan 1,678 0.00
Cross Plains 1,736 0.00
Crump 1,390 0.00
Cumberland City 298 0.00
Dandridge 2,983 0.00
Dayton 7,262 0.00
Decatur 1,571 0.00
Decaturville 876 0.00
Decherd 2,426 0.00
Dover 1,450 0.00
Dresden 2,825 0.00
Dunlap 5,185 0.00
Dyer 2,225 0.00
Dyersburg 16,612 0.00
Eagleville 674 0.00
Elizabethton 13,771 0.00
Elkton 541 0.00
Englewood 1,530 0.00
Erin 1,277 0.00
Erwin 5,894 0.00
Estill Springs 2,031 0.00
Ethridge 482 0.00
Fairview 8,648 0.00
Fayetteville 7,099 0.00
Friendship 658 0.00
Gadsden 461 0.00
Gainesboro 944 0.00
Gallatin 36,689 0.00
Gallaway 653 0.00
Gates 611 0.00
Germantown 39,086 0.00
Gibson 376 0.00
Gleason 1,381 0.00
Goodlettsville 17,119 0.00
Gordonsville 1,209 0.00
Grand Junction 275 0.00
Graysville 1,525 0.00
Greenbrier 6,853 0.00
Greeneville 15,065 0.00
Greenfield 2,077 0.00
Hendersonville 58,034 0.00
Henry 462 0.00
Hollow Rock 685 0.00
Hornbeak 386 0.00
Huntingdon 3,899 0.00
Jacksboro 1,929 0.00
Jamestown 1,964 0.00
Jasper 3,371 0.00
Jefferson City 8,351 0.00
Jellico 2,219 0.00
Jonesborough 5,378 0.00
Kenton 1,208 0.00
Kimball 1,387 0.00
Kingston 5,823 0.00
Kingston Springs 2,765 0.00
Lafayette 5,251 0.00
La Follette 6,897 0.00
Lawrenceburg 10,780 0.00
Lenoir City 9,187 0.00
Lexington 7,792 0.00
Livingston 4,061 0.00
Lookout Mountain 1,892 0.00
Loretto 1,760 0.00
Madisonville 4,805 0.00
Manchester 10,702 0.00
Maryville 28,918 0.00
Mason 1,574 0.00
Maury City 664 0.00
Maynardville 2,348 0.00
McEwen 1,712 0.00
McKenzie 5,610 0.00
Medina 4,290 0.00
Middleton 641 0.00
Millersville 6,792 0.00
Millington 10,944 0.00
Minor Hill 519 0.00
Monteagle 1,169 0.00
Monterey 2,867 0.00
Moscow 524 0.00
Mountain City 2,431 0.00
Mount Carmel 5,427 0.00
Mount Juliet 34,888 0.00
Mount Pleasant 4,902 0.00
Munford 6,079 0.00
Newbern 3,288 0.00
New Johnsonville 1,909 0.00
New Market 1,366 0.00
Newport 6,816 0.00
New Tazewell 2,754 0.00
Niota 724 0.00
Norris 1,645 0.00
Oakland 7,884 0.00
Obion 1,064 0.00
Oliver Springs 3,255 0.00
Oneida 3,716 0.00
Parsons 2,355 0.00
Petersburg 544 0.00
Pigeon Forge 6,254 0.00
Pikeville 1,656 0.00
Piperton 1,725 0.00
Pittman Center 582 0.00
Plainview 2,035 0.00
Pleasant View 4,382 0.00
Red Bank 11,838 0.00
Red Boiling Springs 1,142 0.00
Ridgely 1,693 0.00
Ridgetop 2,061 0.00
Ripley 8,067 0.00
Rockwood 5,424 0.00
Rocky Top 1,779 0.00
Rogersville 4,367 0.00
Rossville 848 0.00
Rutherford 1,101 0.00
Rutledge 1,201 0.00
Saltillo 500 0.00
Savannah 7,023 0.00
Scotts Hill 986 0.00
Selmer 4,476 0.00
Sevierville 16,991 0.00
Sharon 897 0.00
Shelbyville 21,618 0.00
Signal Mountain 8,624 0.00
Smithville 4,717 0.00
Sneedville 1,340 0.00
Soddy-Daisy 13,264 0.00
South Carthage 1,348 0.00
South Fulton 2,238 0.00
South Pittsburg 3,097 0.00
Sparta 5,101 0.00
Spencer 1,634 0.00
Spring City 1,990 0.00
St. Joseph 790 0.00
Sunbright 544 0.00
Surgoinsville 1,785 0.00
Sweetwater 5,957 0.00
Tazewell 2,291 0.00
Tellico Plains 952 0.00
Tiptonville 4,331 0.00
Toone 335 0.00
Townsend 445 0.00
Tracy City 1,418 0.00
Trenton 4,116 0.00
Trezevant 831 0.00
Trimble 621 0.00
Troy 1,275 0.00
Tusculum 2,672 0.00
Vonore 1,506 0.00
Wartburg 903 0.00
Wartrace 658 0.00
Watertown 1,537 0.00
Waynesboro 2,347 0.00
Westmoreland 2,328 0.00
White House 11,591 0.00
White Pine 2,270 0.00
Whiteville 4,481 0.00
Whitwell 1,720 0.00
Winfield 957 0.00
Woodbury 2,799 0.00
Historical Murder/Homicide Rate per 100,000 Population
Year Nashville TN US
2017 16.30 8.02 5.32
2016 12.11 7.44 5.38
2015 10.94 6.34 4.95
2014 6.33 5.64 4.44
2013 5.51 5.16 4.52
2012 9.99 6.20 4.73
2011 8.16 5.94 4.71
2010 8.92 5.65 4.76
2009 12.62 7.43 5.02
2008 12.62 6.63 5.42
2007 12.94 6.58 5.68
2006 14.27 6.94 5.78
2005 17.05 7.24 5.65
2004 10.45 6.06 5.50
2003 13.34 6.77 5.68
2002 10.88 7.25 5.64
2001 11.53 7.36 5.62
2000 13.50 7.21 5.54
1999 13.00 7.13 5.69