Healthcare & Safety in Smyrna
Smyrna has direct access to a well-regarded local hospital with a "Straight A" patient-safety record, but crime data sends a genuinely mixed signal depending on the source -- disclosed here rather than resolved by picking the more favorable read.
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Learn moreA strong local hospital, by patient-safety measures
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, a 119-bed comprehensive hospital in Smyrna with 24/7 emergency care, a Spine Surgery Institute, a Certified Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Neonatal Intensive Care, has earned an "A" Leapfrog patient-safety grade for five consecutive grading rounds or more, qualifying it as a "Straight A" hospital (retrieved 2026-08-22). Patient-recommendation rates disagree by source: 89% per U.S. News versus 63% per Healthgrades -- a real, disclosed gap. CMS rates the hospital 3 out of 5 stars, just below the roughly 3.1-star national average. The hospital has also received Patient Safety Excellence, America's 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care, and America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery awards over the past two years.
Crime data: sources genuinely disagree on how to characterize Smyrna's risk
NeighborhoodScout describes Smyrna's overall crime rate (26 per 1,000 residents, a 1-in-38 chance of victimization) as "considerably higher than the national average," while noting it is not among the very highest rates nationally; violent crime specifically is cited at 3 per 1,000 (a 1-in-368 chance). CrimeGrade.org, using a different methodology, assigns Smyrna an overall crime grade of B for 2026 -- a more favorable framing -- with a violent crime rate of 3.491 per 1,000 and a "cost of crime" of $278/resident, $20 above the national average but $124 below the Tennessee state average (both retrieved 2026-08-22). These two sources characterize Smyrna's overall safety differently -- NeighborhoodScout's "considerably higher than average" framing versus CrimeGrade's B-grade, moderate framing -- and that disagreement is disclosed rather than resolved by choosing one.
Key takeaways
- TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center (119 beds) has earned a "Straight A" Leapfrog patient-safety grade for five-plus consecutive rounds, though CMS rates it 3/5 stars and patient-recommendation rates disagree by source (89% U.S. News vs. 63% Healthgrades).
- NeighborhoodScout describes Smyrna's overall crime rate as considerably higher than the national average (26 per 1,000), while CrimeGrade.org assigns an overall B grade for 2026 -- a real, disclosed disagreement in framing between the two major sources.
- Violent crime rates from both sources land in a similar range (roughly 3 per 1,000 residents) -- a more consistent signal than the overall-crime framing.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly before relocating, given how differently the two major sources frame Smyrna's overall risk.
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