The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Germantown, Nashville, TN: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Germantown

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Germantown. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Germantown, Nashville, TN Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

D-
D-
Other Crime Grade
D

$3.21 million

Cost of Crime™ for Germantown, Nashville, TN

In 2025, crime will cost $1,143 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Germantown with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Germantown, Nashville, TN Safe?

The D- overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Germantown's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Germantown sits in the 14th percentile, ahead of 14% of neighborhoods and behind 86%. The grade covers only Germantown's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Germantown is 66.59 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 7 in the southeast areas to 1 in 21 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Germantown, Nashville, TN report the most crime, about 106 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Germantown, Nashville, TN

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Germantown for 2025 is $3,211,983, about $784 per resident and $1,143 per household. That equals 0.9% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 59.4%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 29.8%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.7%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Germantown Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Germantown, Nashville, TN: $784
Downtown Memphis, Memphis, TN: $2536
Four Corners, Antioch, TN: $459
Tennessee: $694
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Germantown is $784 per year, which is $320 more than the national average and $90 more than Nashville's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Germantown:
  • In Downtown Memphis, Memphis, TN, crime costs $2,536 per person, which is $1,753 more than in Germantown.
  • In Four Corners, Antioch, TN, crime costs $459 per person, which is $325 less than in Germantown

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Germantown for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Germantown
Cost per Germantown Resident
Murder
$207,755
$51
Rape/Sexual Assault
$197,549
$48
Robbery
$100,038
$24
Assault
$945,892
$231
Kidnapping
$86,543
$21
Vehicle Theft
$432,203
$105
Burglary
$89,675
$22
Theft
$647,871
$158
Arson
$5,130
$1
Vandalism
$285,187
$70
Animal Cruelty
$3,574
$1
Drug Crimes
$207,863
$51
Identity Theft
$2,702
$1
Total Cost of Crime
$3,211,983
$784

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Germantown, Nashville, TN

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Germantown totals $2,624,957 ($641 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $5,836,940 ($1,424 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The south part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Germantown's 4,098 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Germantown Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Germantown residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
8.037
Robbery
0.7761
Rape
0.7950
Murder
0.0270
Total Violent Crime
9.635 (D-)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
30.53
Vehicle Theft
6.811
Burglary
2.413
Arson
0.0518
Total Property Crime
39.80 (D-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.3483
Drug Crimes
6.857
Vandalism
9.741
Identity Theft
0.0852
Animal Cruelty
0.1179
Total "Other" Rate
17.15 (D)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Germantown is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Germantown.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
F
F
F
F
F
D-
F
F
D-
C
D
C+
F
F
F
D-
F
D-
D
F
C-
F
F
D-
D-
F
D
D-
F
D

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Germantown is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
C-
B
B
C+
A-
A-
D+
D
D
D+
D+
D+
B
B
B
D-
D-
D-
A-
A-
A-
C
C-
C-
C-
A-
A-
D+
C-
C-

Considering only the crime rate, Germantown is less safe than the Tennessee state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Germantown, Nashville, TN average SchoolGrade of F, with 7% actual proficiency versus 21% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Germantown schools on SchoolGrade

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