2019–2025 · 4 published indicators
Nashville
crime trends.
Metro Nashville Police incidents for assault, auto theft, burglary, and robbery.
Sources & methodologyBy category · 2025
Trends across 4 indicators
Select an indicator to explore it on the map and charts. Each mini-chart has its own scale; compare the labelled values.
Citywide · 37 ZIP codes
Assault count, 2025 · by ZIP code
Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full ZIP code view.
Count by year
counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categoriesView chart data
Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.
| Year | Assault | All categories (baseline) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 14,883 | 24,930 |
| 2020 | 15,183 | 25,459 |
| 2021 | 15,835 | 25,772 |
| 2022 | 16,171 | 26,454 |
| 2023 | 16,392 | 27,666 |
| 2024 | 16,520 | 27,223 |
| 2025 | 15,437 | 24,255 |
How the series is built
Counts use NIBRS offense codes from the Metro Nashville incident view. The earliest occurrence date in this extract is 1 January 2019. Assault is 13A and 13B, auto theft is 240, burglary is 220, and robbery is 120. 2026 is year-to-date.
The zone field is blank on almost every row, so ZIP code is the geography. Offense descriptions did not identify a single theft-over cut, so other larceny stays out.
Population
Citywide rates use U.S. Census Bureau estimates for the Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government balance. ZIP-code rates are not shown because this package has no ZIP population. Reports with no ZIP remain in the city totals.
54.2% of these indicator reports could not be placed in a local area and stay in the city totals only.
Reading the data
Three numbers that need context
Data summary for Nashville-wide
| Year | Assault | Auto Theft | Burglary | Robbery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 222.2 | 46.6 | 63.1 | 40.3 |
| 2020 | 220.1 | 51.4 | 63.3 | 34.3 |
| 2021 | 234.2 | 51.9 | 63.5 | 31.6 |
| 2022 | 235.5 | 55.1 | 66.8 | 27.9 |
| 2023 | 235.5 | 88.0 | 51.5 | 22.5 |
| 2024 | 232.1 | 78.9 | 50.8 | 20.6 |
| 2025 | 214.1 | 62.8 | 44.9 | 14.6 |
About this data
How to read these figures
- What does “crime” mean for Nashville?
- Crime by ZIP code means the indicators Metro Nashville Police Department publishes for Nashville (2019–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- Police figures come from Metro Nashville Police Department. Area boundaries come from Metro Nashville GIS · ZIP boundaries. Rates, when a denominator exists, use U.S. Census Bureau · population estimates and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
- How often is this updated?
- The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
- What does this not show?
- Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these ZIP codes. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Nashville about page.