The latest batch of Metro Nashville Police Department crime stats is out, and the story they tell is anything but tidy. Across Davidson County, most major crime categories dipped year over year, yet reported rapes ticked up, and individual precincts are on wildly different trajectories. In South Nashville, burglaries tumbled while rape reports shot up. Over in West and North, property and violent crime are moving in opposite directions, giving residents and council members plenty to sift through as they weigh where enforcement and prevention efforts are landing.
Looking at the weekly counts, nearly every category showed a countywide decline except rape, which inched up from 55 to 59 reports compared with the same period last year. Zoom in to the precinct level, and the swings get much sharper. In the South precinct, reported rapes climbed from 2 to 14, even as total burglaries were cut more than in half, dropping from 51 to 22. Aggravated assaults there also fell, sliding from 120 to 79. Up in the North precinct, residential burglaries dropped from 36 to 14, while aggravated assaults crept up by roughly 9 percent. On the west side of town, the West precinct logged a roughly 63 percent collapse in auto thefts and a sizable larceny drop to about 216 incidents, according to WKRN.
Data caveats city officials note
City officials are quick to remind residents that these figures come from live databases, not a carved-in-stone yearbook. The Metro Nashville Police Department explains on its data pages that the numbers are pulled from the department's records-management system and can be reclassified or updated as investigations move forward. The fine print is spelled out on the agency's Uniform Crime Reporting dashboard. Metro Nashville Police Department
How does this compare to last year?
The uneven snapshot lands after reporting that 2025 brought broad declines in major crimes across Nashville, a trend local outlets have followed as MNPD rolled out more targeted patrol strategies. Coverage by WSMV walked through the department's year-end numbers and highlighted those decreases.
Where to check the numbers yourself
For residents who like to check the stats themselves instead of waiting for the next headline, MNPD's interactive dashboards break down reported crime by precinct, ZIP code, and Metro Council district, and also offer neighborhood Crime Alert email sign-ups. The Uniform Crime Reporting map and related data tools are publicly available on the department's website and underpin the weekly totals featured in local coverage. Metro Nashville Police Department
Because the weekly numbers can shift as detectives update cases, neighbors and community groups are better off watching both short-term spikes and longer-term patterns rather than any single week. We will keep an eye on MNPD's dashboards and local reporting as the figures continue to evolve.
