Healthcare & Safety in Dickson
Dickson has real, in-city, full-service hospital access via TriStar Horizon Medical Center -- but crime data is a genuine, disclosed weak point, with both CrimeGrade and NeighborhoodScout agreeing in direction on a below-average safety profile, the least favorable of this three-city batch.
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Learn moreReal, in-city, full-service hospital access
TriStar Horizon Medical Center is a fully accredited, 158-bed regional medical center that has served Dickson and the surrounding community for more than 65 years, offering cardiology, diagnostic imaging, emergency, inpatient rehabilitation, oncology, orthopedics, and women's services. It is an Accredited Chest Pain Center and a Primary Stroke Center -- a genuine advantage over La Vergne in this same batch, which has no hospital within its own city limits.
Crime data: a real, cross-source-consistent weak point
Unlike La Vergne's mixed signal elsewhere in this batch, Dickson's two leading crime-data sources AGREE in direction: CrimeGrade assigns an overall D+ grade (28th percentile) and a violent-crime rate in the 20th percentile, both below average. NeighborhoodScout separately describes Dickson's 37-per-1,000 overall crime rate as 'one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes,' with a 1-in-27 overall victimization chance, and states more than 94% of Tennessee communities have a LOWER crime rate than Dickson. This is a real, disclosed, cross-source-consistent below-average safety profile -- the least favorable of this three-city batch.
Safety varies by area, without singling out any as unsafe
Residents reportedly consider the southwest part of the city safer (1-in-294 violent-crime odds) than the central area (1-in-132) -- a real, disclosed relative pattern, though no specific neighborhood is characterized as unsafe here, per site policy.
Key takeaways
- TriStar Horizon Medical Center (158 beds, more than 65 years serving the community) gives Dickson real, in-city, full-service hospital access -- a genuine advantage over La Vergne in this batch.
- Crime data is a real, cross-source-consistent weak point: CrimeGrade's D+ overall grade (28th percentile) and NeighborhoodScout's 'one of the highest crime rates in America' framing agree in direction -- the least favorable safety profile of this three-city batch.
- More than 94% of Tennessee communities are cited as having a lower crime rate than Dickson, per NeighborhoodScout -- a real, disclosed figure worth weighing seriously.
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