Memphis, TN · the CityFunIndex
Safety in Memphis
Memphis ranks T#131 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 8 — Quiet. That puts it in the 3rd percentile nationally and #3 of 3 in Tennessee.
- safety score
- 8
- Quiet
- National rank
- T#131 of 134
- In Tennessee
- #3 of 3
- Percentile
- 3rd
The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Memphis sits 42 points below the median.
How safety is measured
Reported violent and property crime rates.
The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.
Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.
Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →
Ranked around Memphis
- T#128 St. Louis, MO 9
- T#128 Wichita, KS 9
- T#131 Memphis, TN — this page 8
- #134 Las Vegas, NV 7
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More about Memphis
Memphis scores 14 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: