Photo: GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Ashland City fell 46% from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime is lower than in 52% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in only 33%. Its Safety Grade, C+ (#53 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of U.S. towns. Year on year, 1.6 violent crimes and 15.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 8.2 and 30.1 in the rest of Tennessee.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TN” is every other Tennessee city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Ashland City
Ashland City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Tennessee towns on Ashland City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Nashville (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, closer to the middle
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Ashland City’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Ashland City has 5,117 jobs based in town for 5,650 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ashland City’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Ashland City’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Ashland City property | Rest of Tennessee property | Ashland City violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.2 | 33.6 | 4.5 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 23.4 | 35.4 | 2.6 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 11.0 | 30.6 | 1.0 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 13.0 | 24.4 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Tennessee.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Ashland City | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Ashland City’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Ashland City per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
82 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
6 violent and 76 property, as reported to the FBI by Ashland City’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Ashland City’s roads in 2019–2023
Ashland City had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
That is about what is typical for Tennessee towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Ashland City’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ashland City’s own rate (11.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Ashland City and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland City | C+ | 1.6 | 15.8 |
| Nashville | D− | 10.6 | 42.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland City | C+ | 1.6 | 15.8 |
| Pleasant View | A | 0.5 | 3.6 |
| Medina | B+ | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| McKenzie | C+ | 3.0 | 10.3 |
| Smithville | C | 3.7 | 11.0 |
| Rockwood | D | 5.5 | 23.3 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Ashland City’s population (5,650), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Ashland City. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ashland City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,824 in 2025); our figure for Ashland City is 5,650 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Ashland City
Is Ashland City, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ashland City reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #53 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.2 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Ashland City?
1.6 violent and 15.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Ashland City safer than Nashville?
Nashville reports more crime per resident than Ashland City: Nashville grades D− for safety and Ashland City C+. Nashville’s police reported 10.6 violent and 42.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ashland City?
Ashland City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ashland City”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.