A group called backgroundchecks.org has released its rankings for safest cities to live in Tennessee. According to their collected data, it looks as if Murfreesboro is ranked as number 30 on the safe list. Smyrna came in at number 21.

Despite Memphis, TN being ranked at the bottom of the list - the number one safest city in Tennessee is directly next to Memphis. The number one safest city in Tennessee was Germantown.

The group says it uses FBI crime statistics to create state rankings, filtering out cities with populations of less than 1,000, and also calculated in violent crime rates and property crime rates by diving the crime numbers by the population. The group also calculated the ratio of law enforcement workers per 1,000.

Collierville, also outside of Memphis ranked second while Brentwood, TN was ranked as the third safest city in Tennessee.

In the immediate area, McMinnville ranked 27th, Murfreesboro 30th, Tullahoma 33rd, Shelbyville 39th and Manchester 40th. Larger cities ranked near the bottom, with Memphis scored as the most unsafe city in the state. Chattanooga ranked 50th.

SAFE CITY RANKING FOR TN BELOW:

1 Germantown
2 Collierville
3 Brentwood
4 Collegedale
5 Soddy-Daisy
6 Hendersonville
7 Martin
8 Portland
9 Mount Juliet
10 Franklin
11 Maryville
12 Spring Hill
13 Gallatin
14 Bartlett
15 Sevierville
16 White House
17 Bristol
18 Goodlettsville
19 Greeneville
20 Paris
21 Smyrna
22 Oak Ridge
23 Johnson City
24 Lebanon
25 Clinton
26 Cookeville
27 McMinnville
28 Lewisburg
29 Elizabethton
30 Murfreesboro
31 Clarksville
32 Red Bank
33 Tullahoma
34 Lawrenceburg
35 Alcoa
36 Columbia
37 Crossville
38 Morristown
39 Shelbyville
40 Manchester
41 East Ridge
42 Jackson
43 Kingsport
44 Union City
45 Springfield
46 Knoxville
47 Cleveland
48 Dyersburg
49 Nashville Metropolitan
50 Chattanooga
51 Dickson
52 Athens
53 Memphis
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