Healthcare & Safety in Shelbyville
Shelbyville has in-city hospital access via Heritage Medical Center (now Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital), with a real, disclosed gap between its U.S. News patient-recommend rate and a more critical consumer-review rating, and crime data reads as elevated under NeighborhoodScout's framing.
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Learn moreIn-city hospital access, with a real ratings gap between sources
Heritage Medical Center (now Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital), a 60-bed facility, carries an 89% patient-recommend rate per U.S. News, but a separate consumer-review source (MedicalRecords.com) gives it a notably lower 2.9-of-5 rating across 72 reviews and a "Fair" CMS patient-experience summary rating (both retrieved 2026-08-22) -- a real, disclosed gap between the two sources, not resolved to one read here.
Crime data reads as elevated under NeighborhoodScout's framing
NeighborhoodScout describes Shelbyville's overall crime rate (23 per 1,000, a 1-in-43 chance of victimization) as 'considerably higher than the national average,' and higher than 87% of Tennessee's cities and towns of all sizes; violent crime specifically runs 4 per 1,000 (1-in-232 chance). CrimeGrade separately cites a violent crime rate of 5.381 per 1,000 -- a real, close-but-not-identical figure. Unlike for Bartlett and Tullahoma built alongside this record, a current CrimeGrade overall letter grade for Shelbyville was NOT found this session -- disclosed as a genuine gap.
Key takeaways
- Heritage Medical Center/Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital (60 beds) carries an 89% patient-recommend rate per U.S. News, alongside a notably lower 2.9-of-5 consumer-review rating -- a real, disclosed gap between sources.
- NeighborhoodScout frames Shelbyville's overall crime rate as considerably higher than the national average and higher than 87% of Tennessee cities.
- CrimeGrade's violent-crime rate (5.381 per 1,000) closely tracks NeighborhoodScout's own violent-crime figure, but a current CrimeGrade overall letter grade for Shelbyville was not found this session -- a genuine, disclosed gap unlike for Bartlett/Tullahoma.
- Confirm current, address-specific healthcare and crime data directly before relocating.
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