Alexander Smith House · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0For violent crime, Brentwood beats 79% of U.S. towns per resident
The graded rate fell 32% from 2023 to 2025. From 2023 to 2025, crimes Brentwood’s police reported put it at B+ for safety: #10 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee. Behind the grade sit 0.7 violent crime and 7.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 8.2 and 30.3 in the rest of Tennessee. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, only one records less crime per resident.
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 Brentwood
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Tennessee towns on Brentwood’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Nolensville (A+), Franklin (B), Nashville (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, higher
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Brentwood’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 92% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 74% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Brentwood has 48,857 jobs based in town for 45,313 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 Brentwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Brentwood property | Rest of Tennessee property | Brentwood violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.4 | 33.9 | 0.7 | 9.2 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 35.7 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 7.3 | 30.9 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 6.3 | 24.5 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
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 | Brentwood | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Brentwood’s police reported 89 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 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 Brentwood 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.
313 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.
28 violent and 285 property, as reported to the FBI by Brentwood’s police.
12 people died in crashes on Brentwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Brentwood had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Tennessee towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.6, 22 towns).
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.
Brentwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | B+ | 0.7 | 7.6 |
| Franklin | B | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| Nolensville | A+ | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | B+ | 0.7 | 7.6 |
| Mount Juliet | B+ | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Germantown | B− | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| La Vergne | C− | 4.5 | 16.2 |
| Columbia | C− | 5.0 | 20.7 |
| Cleveland | D | 4.8 | 23.1 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Brentwood’s population (45,313), 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 Brentwood. 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 Brentwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (45,545 in 2025); our figure for Brentwood is 45,313 (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 Brentwood
Is Brentwood, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Brentwood reports less crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #10 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 0.7 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 Brentwood?
0.7 violent and 7.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Brentwood in 2025?
Brentwood’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Brentwood safer than Franklin?
Franklin reports more crime per resident than Brentwood: Franklin grades B for safety and Brentwood B+. Franklin’s police reported 1.5 violent and 8.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Brentwood?
Brentwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Brentwood”. 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.