Crime & Safety in Franklin
Franklin's crime data shows a real interpretive tension between its two most-cited sources: CrimeGrade.org places Franklin's violent-crime rate in a comparatively low 30th percentile bracket, while NeighborhoodScout frames Franklin as safer than most similarly sized communities nationally but still ranks it higher than 63% of Tennessee's own cities and towns -- both disclosed here rather than resolved into one verdict.
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Learn moreCrimeGrade.org's read: a comparatively low violent-crime percentile
CrimeGrade.org cites Franklin's violent crime rate at 3.978 incidents per 1,000 residents in a typical year, placing the city in the 30th percentile nationally -- read as comparatively safer than most U.S. communities on this specific metric. CrimeGrade also cites Franklin's overall cost of crime at $265 per resident per year, $7 more than the national average but $137 less than Tennessee's own state average.
NeighborhoodScout's read: safer than similar-sized cities nationally, but higher than most of Tennessee
NeighborhoodScout cites Franklin's overall crime rate at 11 per 1,000 residents (not among the highest-crime communities), with a 1-in-92 chance of becoming a victim of violent or property crime in a given year. It frames Franklin as "noticeably lower" than average and "actually safer than most" when compared specifically to other communities of similar population size nationally -- while separately noting Franklin's crime rate runs higher than 63% of Tennessee's own cities and towns of all sizes. Both framings are real and disclosed together rather than reconciled into a single verdict.
The comparison baseline matters as much as the raw number
As with other markets in this dataset, Franklin's two most-cited crime sources reach somewhat different conclusions depending on comparison baseline -- CrimeGrade's national-percentile framing versus NeighborhoodScout's dual national-peer-size and within-Tennessee framings -- rather than disagreeing sharply on the underlying raw data itself.
Check a specific address directly, and expect real block-level variance
As with any city, block-level and neighborhood-level variance is real and can be masked by any citywide statistic from either source. Per site policy, no specific lower-rated area is named here -- check a specific address directly with both CrimeGrade.org and NeighborhoodScout before drawing a conclusion.
Key takeaways
- CrimeGrade.org cites Franklin's violent crime rate at 3.978 per 1,000 (30th percentile nationally, read as comparatively safer) and cost of crime at $265/resident/year ($7 above the national average, $137 below the Tennessee state average).
- NeighborhoodScout cites an overall rate of 11 per 1,000 (1-in-92 annual victimization odds), framing Franklin as safer than most similarly sized U.S. communities -- while separately noting its rate runs higher than 63% of Tennessee's own cities and towns.
- The two sources' differing conclusions largely reflect different comparison baselines (national percentile vs. peer-size vs. within-Tennessee) rather than sharply conflicting raw data.
- Check a specific address directly with both sources before drawing a conclusion, and expect real block-level variance beyond any citywide figure. No specific lower-rated area is named here per site policy.
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