CrimeMetric

Crime in Smyrna, Tennessee

Major crime in Smyrna is 6% above the U.S. rate per resident: 25% lower for persons crimes and 13% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 16.8% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
106
6% above the U.S. rate
7% above the Tennessee rate
down 16.8% in a year
Persons crimes
75
25% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Tennessee rate
down 26.2% in a year
Property crimes
113
13% above the U.S. rate
23% above the Tennessee rate
down 15.2% in a year
Social disorder
120
20% above the U.S. rate
8% below the Tennessee rate
down 20.9% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Smyrna for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Smyrna

The middle half of Smyrna residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 44 and 118; the typical (median) resident's is 67. The citywide figure (106) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Smyrna, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Tap one to compare it. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5032.0%
  • 50–10041.5%
  • 100–20017.3%
  • 200–4005.7%
  • 400+3.6%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm112
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am103
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm108
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am91
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 16.8% in a year; across Tennessee it fell 21.1%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-16.8%TN -21.1%-0.7%TN -9.5%
Persons crimes-26.2%TN -18.4%+13.4%TN +1.7%
Property crimes-15.2%TN -21.9%-2.7%TN -13.0%
Social disorder-20.9%TN -16.6%+6.7%TN -3.1%

Change in expected crimes, with Tennessee as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Smyrna against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents

209 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Smyrna; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:

Taylor, MI61,306135
Meriden, CT61,109106
Smyrna, TN61,157106
Revere, MA61,07769
Lenexa, KS60,91967
Petaluma, CA60,79951

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Smyrna has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, La Vergne (4 mi), is 35% below Smyrna's rate.

Smyrna106
La Vergne4 mi69
Oak Hill16 mi64
Lebanon20 mi50
Franklin19 mi45

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Smyrna

What are the most common crimes in Smyrna?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 325 a year), shoplifting (about 272 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 193 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Smyrna's figures add up its 28 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Smyrna's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
  • 79.2% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 61,157. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Smyrna, Tennessee." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/tn/smyrna

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100