Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Reported crime per resident in White House fell 43% from 2023 to 2025
The local count comes to 1.9 violent crimes and 9.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 8.2 and 30.1 in the rest of Tennessee. Weighing it all, White House earns B− for safety (#39 of 129 graded towns in Tennessee), with close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 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 White House
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Tennessee towns on White House’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Millersville (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Tennessee towns, higher
Tennessee’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so White House’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 70% of the 129 Tennessee towns we grade, against 53% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 White House’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds White House’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | White House property | Rest of Tennessee property | White House violent | Rest of Tennessee violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.3 | 33.6 | 1.6 | 9.1 |
| 2023 | 14.3 | 35.5 | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 30.7 | 2.3 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 24.4 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | White House | Rest of Tennessee | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 9.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
White House’s police reported 93 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 White House 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
161 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.
27 violent and 134 property, as reported to the FBI by White House’s police.
One person died in crashes on White House’s roads in 2019–2023
White House had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is fewer than is typical for Tennessee towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of White House’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so White House’s own rate (1.4) 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.
White House and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White House | B− | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Millersville | B | 2.4 | 5.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Tennessee towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| White House | B− | 1.9 | 9.6 |
| Goodlettsville | B− | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| Greeneville | C− | 3.3 | 20.5 |
| Dickson | D | 5.0 | 24.3 |
| Sevierville | D | 4.4 | 33.1 |
| Dyersburg | D− | 11.5 | 46.2 |
The five graded Tennessee towns closest to White House’s population (17,872), 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 White House. 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 White House’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,430 in 2025); our figure for White House is 17,872 (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 White House
Is White House, TN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, White House reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #39 of 129 in Tennessee. Its police reported 1.9 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 White House?
1.9 violent and 9.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Tennessee reports 8.2 and 30.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is White House safer than Millersville?
Millersville reports less crime per resident than White House: Millersville grades B for safety and White House B−. Millersville’s police reported 2.4 violent and 5.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices White House?
White House’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “White House”. 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.