#1Nolensville
Williamson County · 15,789 people3.61 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.4, property 2.0
Nolensville, #1 on this list · Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Tennessee rankings · Safety
Safest towns in Tennessee
Nolensville reports the least crime per resident of Tennessee’s 129 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 9 of the 129 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 3 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
#1A+
#2Westmoreland
Sumner County · 2,879 people4.48 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.7, property 1.6
#3Signal Mountain
Hamilton County · 8,824 people4.72 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.3, property 3.4
All 129 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
129 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
33ErwinUnicoi County · 6,019 people · 2023 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer1.59.0B
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Memphis, 161.24. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
48 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of Tennessee’s counties and county sheriff figures for 89; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Apison Hamilton County · 4,271 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Arlington Shelby County · 15,703 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Bean Station Grainger County · 3,190 people: figures for 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Bloomingdale Sullivan County · 9,292 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Blountville Sullivan County · 3,309 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Brighton Tipton County · 2,892 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Christiana Rutherford County · 4,777 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Coalfield Morgan County · 2,754 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Colonial Heights Sullivan County · 3,258 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Coopertown Robertson County · 4,843 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Eagleton Village Blount County · 5,598 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Fairfield Glade Cumberland County · 9,487 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Farragut Knox County · 25,121 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Forest Hills Davidson County · 4,473 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Green Hill Wilson County · 6,866 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Halls Knox County · 10,272 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Harrison Hamilton County · 8,011 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Harrogate Claiborne County · 4,454 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hartsville/Trousdale County Trousdale County · 12,623 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hopewell Bradley County · 2,634 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Karns Knox County · 4,115 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Kingston Springs Cheatham County · 2,758 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- La Follette Campbell County · 7,176 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Lake Tansi Cumberland County · 4,437 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lakeland Shelby County · 14,422 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Louisville Blount County · 4,562 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Lynchburg Moore County · 6,920 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Mascot Knox County · 3,277 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Middle Valley Hamilton County · 12,187 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Mount Carmel Hawkins County · 5,540 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Oak Grove Washington County · 4,626 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Oak Hill Davidson County · 4,581 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Park City Lincoln County · 2,813 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Piperton Fayette County · 2,889 people: figures for 2023 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Powell Knox County · 13,739 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sale Creek Hamilton County · 2,955 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sewanee Franklin County · 2,936 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Seymour Blount County · 16,216 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Shackle Island Sumner County · 4,404 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Soddy-Daisy Hamilton County · 13,474 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- South Cleveland Bradley County · 7,452 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Spurgeon Sullivan County · 4,071 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Strawberry Plains Jefferson County · 2,669 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Tellico Village Loudon County · 7,414 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Thompson's Station Williamson County · 9,469 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Trenton Gibson County · 4,137 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Tusculum Greene County · 3,421 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Wildwood Lake Bradley County · 3,495 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in Tennessee?
Nolensville (Williamson County) reports the least crime per resident: 3.61 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.39 violent and 2.03 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports to the FBI. Westmoreland (4.48) and Signal Mountain (4.72) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 48 Tennessee towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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