Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0Germantown is about average among U.S. towns for recorded crime
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Weighing it all, Germantown earns B− for safety (#40 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 1.3 violent crimes and 12.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 8.2 and 30.2 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 Germantown
Germantown reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Tennessee towns on Germantown’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Collierville (B−), Memphis (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, higher
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Germantown’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 69% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 52% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Germantown’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Germantown’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.5) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Germantown | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.7 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Germantown’s police reported 161 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.3 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 Germantown 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Germantown property | Rest of Tennessee property | Germantown violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.3 | 33.8 | 1.7 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 13.5 | 35.6 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 11.8 | 30.8 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 24.5 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Tennessee.
533 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.
50 violent and 483 property, as reported to the FBI by Germantown’s police.
Nine people died in crashes on Germantown’s roads in 2019–2023
Germantown had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Tennessee towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Germantown’s size would see about 19 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Germantown’s own rate (4.4) 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.
Germantown and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | B− | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| Memphis | D− | 23.2 | 68.3 |
| Collierville | B− | 1.5 | 12.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germantown | B− | 1.3 | 12.5 |
| Brentwood | B+ | 0.7 | 7.6 |
| Mount Juliet | B+ | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Oak Ridge | C | 3.1 | 13.3 |
| Cookeville | C | 2.6 | 17.3 |
| La Vergne | C− | 4.5 | 16.2 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Germantown’s population (40,001), 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 Germantown. 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 Germantown’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,849 in 2025); our figure for Germantown is 40,001 (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 Germantown
Is Germantown, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Germantown reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #40 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 1.3 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 Germantown?
1.3 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Germantown in 2025?
Germantown’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 Germantown safer than Memphis?
Memphis reports more crime per resident than Germantown: Memphis grades D− for safety and Germantown B−. Memphis’s police reported 23.2 violent and 68.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Germantown?
Germantown’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Germantown”. 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.