Nashville · Methods & sources
Know what you’re looking at.
NIBRS incidents from 2019, located by ZIP code because the zone field is almost empty.
01 · Reading the timeline
The extract starts in 2019.
The Metro Nashville incident view’s earliest occurrence date in this extract is 1 January 2019. 2026 is year-to-date, through 2026-10-01. Earlier years are left blank.
Assault is NIBRS 13A and 13B, auto theft is 240, burglary is 220, and robbery is 120. Offense descriptions did not identify one theft-over cut.
02 · Scope
4 local indicators.
These are selected Nashville offense groups, not all recorded crime.
- Assault
- Aggravated and simple assault (NIBRS 13A and 13B).
- Auto Theft
- Motor vehicle theft (NIBRS 240).
- Burglary
- Burglary (NIBRS 220).
- Robbery
- Robbery (NIBRS 120).
Hate-crime and money-laundering sources have not been added for Nashville. Their views explain that coverage gap. The indicators above cannot stand in for either subject.
03 · Place & population
ZIP boundaries and counts.
The zone field is blank on almost every row, so the geography is ZIP code. 37 ZIP codes have placed incidents. All 37 join Metro Nashville GIS ZIP polygons. ZIP areas may extend beyond the police jurisdiction; shading describes counts in the police extract, not every incident throughout an entire postal area. Boundary data retrieved 29 September 2026 from maps.nashville.gov, for informational use without Metro endorsement.
54.18% of the full-year indicator records were not placed in an area (98,484 reports). They remain in the city total.
Citywide rates use Census Bureau estimates for the Nashville-Davidson balance. ZIP rates are not shown.
04 · Source records
Follow the numbers.
Police data: Metro Nashville. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, a United States government work. Reports with no ZIP stay in the city total.
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.
Source reuse
Licences & attribution.
Metro Nashville Police Department Incidents
Source: Metro Nashville Police Department, Information Technology. Accepted incident extract retrieved 29 September 2026.
Original source ↗ · Metro Nashville Open Data Policy, Executive Order 018, section IX ↗
Crime Pulse selects NIBRS offences and groups incidents by occurrence year and reported ZIP; missing ZIPs remain in city totals.
Informational use only, as is and at the user's risk. Metro supplies no warranties and does not endorse Crime Pulse.
ZIP boundaries
Source: Metro Nashville GIS, maps.nashville.gov. Accepted ZIP boundaries retrieved 29 September 2026.
Original source ↗ · Metro Nashville Open Data Policy, Executive Order 018, section IX ↗
Crime Pulse selects the 37 matching ZIP polygons and simplifies their geometry.
Informational use only, as is and without Metro endorsement. ZIP polygons can extend outside the police jurisdiction.
Terms reviewed 2026-09-29. Download source notices. These records cover crime data and reporting-area boundaries; population and street-map notices remain separate.