The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Murfreesboro, TN
Murfreesboro is a city of 215,200 in Rutherford County, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Nashville · Updated November 2026
Is Murfreesboro, TN safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Murfreesboro has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Murfreesboro run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 765 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Murfreesboro as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Murfreesboro scores 765.
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 Murfreesboro, TN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Murfreesboro, 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 Murfreesboro
Robberies are less common than in most B-graded cities. Murfreesboro has 0.24 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63.
Simple assault at about double the US rate. Murfreesboro has 18.9 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Murfreesboro
Most of Murfreesboro grades well: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Murfreesboro run from A+ to F; 50% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%
A or B 86%C 9%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Murfreesboro, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Murfreesboro?
Reported violent crime in Murfreesboro peaked in 2020 and has fallen 12% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 29% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.4 to 4.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 29 to 21 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 10% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MurfreesboroUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Murfreesboro. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Murfreesboro
Violent, US
Property, Murfreesboro
Property, US
2016
+37%
+4%
+2%
+15%
2017
+25%
+4%
+11%
+12%
2018
+1%
+0%
+9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+10%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
-11%
+6%
-23%
-10%
2022
+8%
+5%
-28%
-6%
2023
+7%
+2%
-18%
-7%
2024
-4%
-4%
-29%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Murfreesboro
CrimeGrade™ estimates Murfreesboro has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Murfreesboro, about 50% 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 Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Murfreesboro, 58% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 46% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Homes (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
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 Murfreesboro compares with nearby cities
Murfreesboro has the most crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Parking lots, walkability and empty homes in Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 69% of US city residents
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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% 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.7.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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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.87% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 65% 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 Murfreesboro: F (0 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 61% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.38 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 56% 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 Murfreesboro
Crime costs Murfreesboro about $1,243 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about the same as the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $96 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $270 million a year, or $1,253 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.3 million
$43
Rape
$5.9 million
$27
Robbery
$1.6 million
$7
Assault
$49 million
$228
Burglary
$2.9 million
$13
Theft
$15 million
$71
Vehicle theft
$5.8 million
$27
Arson
$86,000
under $1
Vandalism
$6.0 million
$28
Total
$96 million
$445
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 Murfreesboro 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.
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 Murfreesboro, TN average a SchoolGrade of A-: 49% of students test proficient, against 45% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Murfreesboro on SchoolGrade
