Photo: GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Hendersonville runs lower than in 67% of U.S. towns
Violent crime here is lower than in 61% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 66%. That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crimes Hendersonville’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #20 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee. Year on year, 1.2 violent crimes and 7.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 8.3 and 30.4 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 Hendersonville
Hendersonville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Tennessee towns on Hendersonville’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Gallatin (B), Goodlettsville (B−), Nashville (D−). Shackle Island is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, higher
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Hendersonville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hendersonville’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hendersonville | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hendersonville’s police reported 239 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.3 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Hendersonville 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 | Hendersonville property | Rest of Tennessee property | Hendersonville violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.4 | 34.0 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 2023 | 9.0 | 35.8 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 31.0 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 24.6 | 1.4 | 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.
487 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.
90 violent and 397 property, as reported to the FBI by Hendersonville’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Hendersonville’s roads in 2019–2023
Hendersonville had 16 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is 5.1 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.
Hendersonville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendersonville | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Nashville | D− | 10.6 | 42.4 |
| Gallatin | B | 1.9 | 7.2 |
| Shackle Island | — | — | — |
| Goodlettsville | B− | 1.8 | 11.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Shackle Island is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendersonville | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Spring Hill | B+ | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Bartlett | C+ | 2.5 | 14.2 |
| Smyrna | C− | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| Kingsport | D | 5.5 | 29.2 |
| Jackson | D− | 9.2 | 30.5 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Hendersonville’s population (64,266), 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 Hendersonville. 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 Hendersonville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,413 in 2025); our figure for Hendersonville is 64,266 (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 Hendersonville
Is Hendersonville, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hendersonville reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #20 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 1.2 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 Hendersonville?
1.2 violent and 7.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.3 and 30.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hendersonville in 2025?
Hendersonville’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Hendersonville safer than Nashville?
Nashville reports more crime per resident than Hendersonville: Nashville grades D− for safety and Hendersonville B+. Nashville’s police reported 10.6 violent and 42.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hendersonville?
Hendersonville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hendersonville”. 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.