| City | Population | Rank | Murders Per Person | Violent Crimes Per Person | Property Crimes Per Person | Total Crimes Per Person | Chance of Crime |
| Spring Hill | 31,807 | 1 | 0 | 0.00151 | 0.00943 | 0.01094 | 1:91 |
| Franklin | 67,465 | 2 | 0 | 0.00173 | 0.01464 | 0.01638 | 1:61 |
| White House | 10,679 | 3 | 0 | 0.00094 | 0.02032 | 0.02126 | 1:47 |
| Mount Juliet | 27,542 | 4 | 0 | 0.00174 | 0.01667 | 0.01841 | 1:54 |
| Bartlett | 56,360 | 5 | 0 | 0.00188 | 0.01971 | 0.02159 | 1:46 |
| Smyrna | 42,240 | 6 | 0 | 0.00263 | 0.02358 | 0.02621 | 1:38 |
| Maryville | 28,009 | 7 | 0 | 0.00218 | 0.02621 | 0.02838 | 1:35 |
| Martin | 11,404 | 8 | 0 | 0.00202 | 0.02762 | 0.02964 | 1:34 |
| Brentwood | 39,635 | 9 | 0.00003 | 0.00050 | 0.01125 | 0.01176 | 1:85 |
| Soddy-Daisy | 13,004 | 10 | 0 | 0.00246 | 0.03099 | 0.03345 | 1:30 |
| Germantown | 39,631 | 11 | 0.00003 | 0.00096 | 0.01327 | 0.01423 | 1:70 |
| Hendersonville | 53,617 | 12 | 0.00002 | 0.00170 | 0.01410 | 0.01580 | 1:63 |
| Portland | 11,944 | 13 | 0 | 0.00469 | 0.02713 | 0.03182 | 1:31 |
| Tullahoma | 18,773 | 14 | 0 | 0.00389 | 0.03175 | 0.03564 | 1:28 |
| Greeneville | 15,015 | 15 | 0 | 0.00466 | 0.04762 | 0.05228 | 1:19 |
| Cookeville | 31,174 | 16 | 0 | 0.00459 | 0.05116 | 0.05575 | 1:18 |
| Goodlettsville | 16,570 | 17 | 0 | 0.00537 | 0.04496 | 0.05033 | 1:20 |
| Gallatin | 31,961 | 18 | 0.00006 | 0.00397 | 0.01968 | 0.02365 | 1:42 |
| Columbia | 34,952 | 19 | 0 | 0.00790 | 0.04106 | 0.04895 | 1:20 |
| Kingsport | 51,496 | 20 | 0 | 0.00518 | 0.05160 | 0.05678 | 1:18 |
| Paris | 10,168 | 21 | 0 | 0.00462 | 0.05675 | 0.06137 | 1:16 |
| Johnson City | 64,928 | 22 | 0.00003 | 0.00457 | 0.03961 | 0.04419 | 1:23 |
| Clarksville | 145,599 | 23 | 0.00004 | 0.00514 | 0.02844 | 0.03358 | 1:30 |
| Bristol | 26,660 | 23 | 0.00004 | 0.00360 | 0.04216 | 0.04576 | 1:22 |
| Manchester | 10,258 | 25 | 0 | 0.00565 | 0.05440 | 0.06005 | 1:17 |
| Millington | 10,500 | 26 | 0 | 0.00876 | 0.04781 | 0.05657 | 1:18 |
| Sevierville | 15,883 | 27 | 0 | 0.00535 | 0.05679 | 0.06214 | 1:16 |
| Union City | 10,738 | 28 | 0 | 0.00577 | 0.05504 | 0.06081 | 1:16 |
| Shelbyville | 20,669 | 29 | 0.00005 | 0.00576 | 0.02806 | 0.03382 | 1:30 |
| Murfreesboro | 115,587 | 30 | 0.00003 | 0.00610 | 0.03505 | 0.04115 | 1:24 |
| Elizabethton | 14,220 | 31 | 0.00007 | 0.00295 | 0.04852 | 0.05148 | 1:19 |
| Lewisburg | 11,242 | 32 | 0.00018 | 0.00738 | 0.02562 | 0.03300 | 1:30 |
| Lawrenceburg | 10,445 | 33 | 0 | 0.00948 | 0.05802 | 0.06750 | 1:15 |
| Dickson | 14,920 | 34 | 0.00007 | 0.00369 | 0.05416 | 0.05784 | 1:17 |
| Lebanon | 28,208 | 35 | 0.00007 | 0.00709 | 0.03563 | 0.04272 | 1:23 |
| Red Bank | 11,865 | 36 | 0.00008 | 0.00590 | 0.04425 | 0.05015 | 1:20 |
| Nashville | 635,673 | 37 | 0.00006 | 0.01040 | 0.03848 | 0.04888 | 1:20 |
| Athens | 13,504 | 38 | 0 | 0.01192 | 0.08183 | 0.09375 | 1:11 |
| Crossville | 11,199 | 39 | 0 | 0.01268 | 0.10555 | 0.11822 | 1:8 |
| Morristown | 29,300 | 40 | 0.00007 | 0.00553 | 0.05403 | 0.05956 | 1:17 |
| Cleveland | 42,735 | 41 | 0.00002 | 0.00793 | 0.05710 | 0.06503 | 1:15 |
| East Ridge | 21,386 | 42 | 0.00009 | 0.00711 | 0.05382 | 0.06093 | 1:16 |
| Springfield | 16,598 | 43 | 0.00018 | 0.00994 | 0.04970 | 0.05965 | 1:17 |
| Jackson | 67,371 | 44 | 0.00016 | 0.01373 | 0.05128 | 0.06501 | 1:15 |
| Knoxville | 183,249 | 45 | 0.0001 | 0.00841 | 0.06242 | 0.07083 | 1:14 |
| Dyersburg | 17,013 | 46 | 0.00006 | 0.01552 | 0.07218 | 0.08770 | 1:11 |
| Chattanooga | 172,286 | 47 | 0.0001 | 0.00982 | 0.06656 | 0.07638 | 1:13 |
| Memphis | 657,691 | 48 | 0.00019 | 0.01656 | 0.06052 | 0.07708 | 1:13 |