Photo: GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0Clarksville sees more violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Clarksville grades C for safety overall (#80 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee, and #119 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 4.1 violent crimes and 15.4 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 8.3 and 30.8 in the rest of Tennessee. The graded rate fell 25% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Clarksville
Among Tennessee towns, closer to the middle
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Clarksville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 25% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Clarksville’s police reported 19 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 7.0 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Tennessee (11.9) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Tennessee
23.1 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (32 reported in 2025), below the rest of Tennessee (99.6) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Clarksville reports less crime per resident than 63% (#119). Places like 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 Clarksville’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (15.4) 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Clarksville | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.3 | 13.3 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 15.2 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Clarksville | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38.9 | 117 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 29.7 | 125 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 23.2 | 102 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 16.8 | 72.4 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Clarksville’s police reported 19 homicides, 32 robberies and 692 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Tennessee and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Clarksville property | Rest of Tennessee property | Clarksville violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20.0 | 34.2 | 5.0 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 17.3 | 36.2 | 4.7 | 9.3 |
| 2024 | 16.3 | 31.3 | 4.1 | 8.7 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 24.9 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
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.
Crime in Clarksville 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
3,131 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.
692 violent and 2,439 property, as reported to the FBI by Clarksville’s police.
103 people died in crashes on Clarksville’s roads in 2019–2023
Clarksville had 99 fatal crashes in five years, in which 103 people died; 21 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 13 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Tennessee towns of 100,000+ people (18.2, 6 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.
Clarksville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | C | 4.1 | 15.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | C | 4.1 | 15.4 |
| Murfreesboro | C− | 4.3 | 19.6 |
| Knoxville | D | 7.5 | 27.3 |
| Chattanooga | D− | 8.7 | 40.3 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Clarksville’s population (188,829), 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 Clarksville. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Clarksville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (190,532 in 2025); our figure for Clarksville is 188,829 (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 Clarksville
Is Clarksville, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clarksville reports more crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #80 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 4.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.3 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Clarksville?
4.1 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.3 and 30.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Clarksville in 2025?
Clarksville’s police reported 19 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 10.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Clarksville?
Clarksville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clarksville”. 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.