Smyrna, TN Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Smyrna, TN Summary

Crime in Smyrna research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Smyrna 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 Smyrna:

  • There were 1,567 total crimes committed in Smyrna in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,665.4 total crimes per 100K people in Smyrna.
  • The overall crime rate in Smyrna is 25.77% above the national average.
  • Smyrna ranks #151 safest out of 190 cities in Tennessee.
  • Smyrna ranks #8,246 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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Smyrna Vs Tennessee And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Smyrna is 2,665.4 per 100,000 people. That's 25.77% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 1.56% higher than the Tennessee total crime rate of 2,624.4 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Smyrna
/ 100k People
Tennessee
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,567 2,665.4 2,624.4 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.7 7.9 5.0
Robbery 20 34.0 58.4 61.0
Aggravated Assault 126 214.3 488.6 256.0
Violent Crime 164 279.0 592.3 359.0
Burglary 97 165.0 251.8 229.0
Larceny 1,098 1,867.6 1,443.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 208 353.8 336.7 259.0
Property Crime 1,403 2,386.4 2,032.1 1,760.0

Smyrna 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 Smyrna

164
Violent Crimes
279.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.30%
Below The National Average
  • There were 164 violent crimes in Smyrna in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Smyrna is 279.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 358.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Smyrna each year. That compares to a 1 in 168.8 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.30% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -52.90% lower than the Tennessee violent crime rate of 592.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Smyrna

1,403
Property Crimes
2,386.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
35.59%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,403 property crimes in Smyrna in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Smyrna is 2,386.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 41.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Smyrna each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 35.59% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 17.44% higher than the Tennessee property crime rate of 2,032.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Smyrna

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Murfreesboro, TN 169,520 4,140 2,442.2 2,022.2 420.0
Franklin, TN 90,077 968 1,074.6 942.5 132.1
Lebanon, TN 51,653 712 1,378.4 1,033.8 344.6
Brentwood, TN 45,208 356 787.5 730.0 57.5
Mount Juliet, TN 44,049 495 1,123.7 964.8 158.9
La Vergne, TN 39,897 922 2,311.0 1,834.7 476.2
Nolensville, TN 15,930 41 257.4 207.2 50.2

Smyrna SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
6
Diversity
8.5
Safety
5
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
5
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