Crime reports from the Memphis Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Memphis Police Department data from Memphis Data Hub. Memphis updates its file daily. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Memphis police reported 11,239 violent crimes (1,853 per 100,000 residents), including 188 murders, 1,473 robberies and 9,233 aggravated assaults, plus 30,163 property crimes, according to FBI data.
Population covered: 606,629. Violent-crime rate rank: 1 of 6 large Tennessee cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency TNMPD0000, January–December 2025.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 1,853 | 11,239 | 188 | 4,972 | Live |
| Nashville | 961 | 6,908 | 57 | 3,863 | Live |
| Knoxville | 685 | 1,374 | 16 | 2,359 | Totals |
| Chattanooga | 680 | 1,318 | 17 | 3,311 | Totals |
| Murfreesboro | 404 | 696 | 3 | 1,550 | Totals |
| Clarksville | 366 | 698 | 19 | 1,284 | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Memphis's violent-crime rate of 1,853 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 3.7 times the Tennessee rate (497) and 5.8 times the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 54 residents, or about 216.1 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Memphis ranks 1st for violent crime, in the higher half, and 3rd for murder (188 murders, 31 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 82% of Memphis's violent crimes and robberies 13%, close to the national robbery share of 15%.
Property crime ran 4,972 per 100,000, 3 times Tennessee overall. Memphis police logged 5,471 vehicle thefts (902 per 100,000, 10th of 351; Tennessee: 228) and 4,344 burglaries (716 per 100,000, 3.5 times the state).
The closest city we cover is Southaven, 11 miles south in Mississippi; its violent-crime rate (266) is less than half Memphis's.
Out-of-state cities near Memphis's size (606,629 residents): Portland, OR at 702 violent crimes per 100,000 and Detroit, MI at 1,654.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Memphis had 1,853 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 3.7 times the statewide 497. It is 1st highest of the 6 Tennessee cities on this site; Nashville is next at 961. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Memphis police reported 188 murders for 2025, a rate of 31 per 100,000 residents. The Tennessee rate was 6.6 and the national rate 4.1.
5,471 vehicles were reported stolen in Memphis in 2025, 902 per 100,000 residents. That is 4.6 times the national rate of 195 and ranks 10th of 351 cities on this site.