We graded 13,216 American cities with FBI data. Here's what we found.
57% of American cities get an A. That isn't grade inflation — it's what happens when you measure mostly-small municipalities against a national average. A look at the distribution, the 15x gap between the top and bottom bands, and the places where a letter grade means almost nothing.
ReferenceNashville crime statistics, 2024
Nashville reported 7,857 violent offenses in 2024, a rate of 1,124.1 per 100,000 residents. Every figure with its denominator and its vintage, formatted to be quoted.
ReferenceNashville-area cities ranked by violent crime rate, 2024
Twenty-two separately incorporated municipalities around Nashville, each policed by its own department and each reporting its own figures. Cities, not neighborhoods.
ReferenceTennessee county sheriff jurisdictions by violent crime rate, 2024
Seventy-nine sheriff jurisdictions ranked, one withheld for reporting fewer property than violent offenses. A sheriff polices unincorporated county land, not the whole county — the table says so before it ranks anything.