What Are the Safest Places To Live in Tennessee?

Tennessee is home to more than 340 incorporated municipalities across 95 counties, each with its own crime profile. Crime rates in Tennessee vary from one community to the next and can play an important role in overall safety.

By learning more about the safest places to live in Tennessee, including exploring crime-rate data, you might gain a better picture of how safety trends differ across the state and how it can factor into decisions about where to live.

Crime statistics in Tennessee

SafeWise’s 2025 ‘State of Safety’ report combines self-reported survey responses with the most recent FBI crime data available (generally 2023 data and statewide reporting was incomplete for some measures). The results are as follows:

• 51% of the people surveyed in Tennessee said that they feel safe in the state.
• 71% of the people surveyed in Tennessee said that they believe that crime is increasing.
• 58% state they experience a high level of overall concern for their safety and security on a daily basis.

Regarding violent crime, 65% of Tennesseans are concerned about violent crime, while according to the self-reported survey responses collected by SafeWise, 10% of the people surveyed in Tennessee said they experienced a violent crime in the eight months prior to the survey. This is down from 17% in 2024.

Out of all the states surveyed by SafeWise, Tennessee ranked third for overall safety concern. As for how these concerns compare with reported crime data, USAFacts, which compiles FBI crime data, reports that in 2024, Tennessee experienced approximately 592 violent crimes and 2,032 property crimes per 100,000 residents based on the most recently available FBI data.

Tennessee experiences a fair share of crime. A good portion of this crime is property crime. But violent crimes do happen.

What are the safest cities to live in Tennessee?

Nolensville is ranked as the safest city in Tennessee among those evaluated by SafeWise. La Follette ranked 20th among the cities included in SafeWise’s 2025 safest-cities list. SafeWise’s Top 20 list based on reported crime rates is as follows:

1. Nolensville
2. Signal Mountain
3. Kingston
4. Mount Juliet
5. Oakland
6. Atoka
7. Loudon
8. Church Hill
9. Fairview
10. Spring Hill
11. Brentwood
12. Hendersonville
13. Millersville
14. Jonesborough
15. Portland
16. Maryville
17. Franklin
18. Gallatin
19. Greenbrier
20. La Follette

SafeWise’s 2025 report-year rates, which are calculated per 1,000 residents using the most recently available FBI crime data, show reported levels of violent and property crimes for each community analyzed.

1. Nolensville: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.2 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 2.3 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
2. Signal Mountain: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.0 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 3.5 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
3. Kingston: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 5.3 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
4. Mount Juliet: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.9 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 6.7 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
5. Oakland: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.5 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 4.6 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
6. Atoka: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 6.0 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
7. Loudon: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.9 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 6.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
8. Church Hill: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 5.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
9. Fairview: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 6.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
10. Spring Hill: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 7.3 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
11. Brentwood: a 2025 violent crime rate of 0.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 9.6 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
12. Hendersonville: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 9.2 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
13. Millersville: a 2025 violent crime rate of 2.6 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 5.0 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
14. Jonesborough: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 9.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
15. Portland: a 2025 violent crime rate of 2.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 6.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
16. Maryville: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 9.1 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
17. Franklin: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.5 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 10.5 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
18. Gallatin: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 9.9 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
19. Greenbrier: a 2025 violent crime rate of 3.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 4.9 reported crimes per 1,000 people.
20. La Follette: a 2025 violent crime rate of 1.4 reported crimes per 1,000 people and a property crime rate of 11.8 reported crimes per 1,000 people.

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