Photo: Garryharvey · Public domainJackson reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Jackson’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #120 of 129 graded towns in 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 Jackson
A job center
Jackson has 52,337 jobs based in town for 69,339 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 Jackson’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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Jackson property | Rest of Tennessee property | Jackson violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.0 | 33.6 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 33.7 | 35.4 | 11.0 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 31.6 | 30.6 | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 26.3 | 24.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Jackson’s police reported 1,902 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.1 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Jackson | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported
And about 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
2,335 crimes reported in 2025
503 violent and 1,832 property, as reported to the FBI by Jackson’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
45 people died in crashes on Jackson’s roads in 2019–2023
Jackson had 40 fatal crashes in five years, in which 45 people died; 5 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 13.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Jackson and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | D− | 9.2 | 30.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | D− | 9.2 | 30.5 |
| Spring Hill | B+ | 1.5 | 5.5 |
| Hendersonville | B+ | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| Smyrna | C− | 3.0 | 22.0 |
| Johnson City | C− | 4.0 | 24.1 |
| Kingsport | D | 5.5 | 29.2 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to Jackson’s population (69,339), by grade.
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 Jackson. 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 Jackson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (69,583 in 2025); our figure for Jackson is 69,339 (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 Jackson
Is Jackson, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Jackson reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #120 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 9.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.1 in the rest of Tennessee and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Jackson?
9.2 violent and 30.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.1 and 30.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Jackson?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Jackson in 2025?
Jackson’s police reported 13 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 18.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Jackson?
Jackson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jackson”. 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.