The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hendersonville, TN
Hendersonville is the tenth-largest city in Tennessee, with 74,500 residents in Sumner County, about 14 miles northeast of downtown Nashville · Updated November 2026
Is Hendersonville, TN safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Hendersonville has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 70% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A+ against A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 910 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
70% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hendersonville as a whole, and 30% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hendersonville scores 910.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Hendersonville, TN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hendersonville, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Hendersonville
Car thefts and burglaries both run low. In Hendersonville, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.54 car thefts and 0.50 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.4 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hendersonville
Every part of Hendersonville where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Hendersonville run from A+ to A-; 97% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hendersonville, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Hendersonville?
Reported crime in Hendersonville has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 33% and property crime down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 11 to 7.2 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 20%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HendersonvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hendersonville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hendersonville
Violent, US
Property, Hendersonville
Property, US
2016
-27%
+4%
+42%
+15%
2017
-5%
+4%
+60%
+12%
2018
+8%
+0%
+42%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
+4%
-23%
-8%
2021
-28%
+6%
-30%
-10%
2022
-26%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
-39%
+2%
-18%
-7%
2024
-33%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hendersonville
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hendersonville has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 58% less than the US as a whole and 67% less than Tennessee.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Hendersonville, about 46% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Hendersonville
Hendersonville has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hendersonville, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Hendersonville compares with nearby cities
Hendersonville has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Laguardo has less.
Walkability, empty homes and density in Hendersonville
Two things set Hendersonville apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 4.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and theft runs low here.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 84% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.30 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hendersonville: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.89% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 62% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Hendersonville
Crime costs Hendersonville about $452 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 62% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $38 million a year, or $512 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$29
Rape
$260,000
$3
Robbery
$150,000
$2
Assault
$5.8 million
$77
Burglary
$330,000
$4
Theft
$2.1 million
$29
Vehicle theft
$620,000
$8
Arson
$38,000
$1
Vandalism
$850,000
$11
Total
$12 million
$165
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Hendersonville means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Hendersonville is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Hendersonville, TN average a SchoolGrade of A+: 62% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Hendersonville on SchoolGrade
