Dickson, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Dickson, TN Summary

Crime in Dickson research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Dickson over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Dickson:

  • There were 474 total crimes committed in Dickson in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,791.5 total crimes per 100K people in Dickson.
  • The overall crime rate in Dickson is 31.72% above the national average.
  • Dickson ranks #155 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Dickson ranks #8,385 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Dickson Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Dickson is 2,791.5 per 100,000 people. That's 31.72% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 6.37% higher than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Dickson
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 474 2,791.5 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 5.9 7.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 70 412.2 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 79 465.3 592.3 359.0
Burglary 18 106.0 251.8 229.0
Larceny 339 1,996.5 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 38 223.8 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 395 2,326.3 2,032.1 1,760.0

Dickson Crime Compared To Tennessee Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Tennessee.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Dickson

79
Violent Crimes
465.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
29.60%
Above The National Average
  • There were 79 violent crimes in Dickson in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Dickson is 465.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 214.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Dickson each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's 29.60% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -21.44% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Dickson

395
Property Crimes
2,326.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
32.17%
Above The National Average
  • There were 395 property crimes in Dickson in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Dickson is 2,326.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 43.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Dickson each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 32.17% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 14.48% higher than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Dickson

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Scranton, PA 75,683 1,231 1,626.5 1,345.1 281.4
Kingston, PA 14,233 227 1,594.9 1,454.4 140.5
Old Forge, PA 8,654 55 635.5 496.9 138.7
Archbald, PA 7,509 45 599.3 466.1 133.2
Blakely, PA 6,654 57 856.6 676.3 180.3
Clarks Summit, PA 6,569 34 517.6 471.9 45.7
Olyphant, PA 5,382 22 408.8 371.6 37.2
Swoyersville, PA 5,037 41 814.0 655.2 158.8

Dickson SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
6
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