Neighborhood overview
Buena Vista, Nashville
Recent police-feed safety data for Buena Vista in Nashville, compared to the $FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 national average. Sourced directly from the Nashville police open-data feed.
Safety Index
Buena Vista reports below Nashville's citywide rate.
Violent (persons)
650 / 100k local
vs Nashville 863 / 100k citywide (-25%)
reference: FBI 328 / 100k national (+98%)
Property
2,819 / 100k local
vs Nashville 3,466 / 100k citywide (-19%)
reference: FBI 1,548 / 100k national (+82%)
~4,810 residents (estimated, US Census Vintage 2023) · window ~35 days · newest report 5/30/2026 · FBI Crime Data Explorer 2025 (annual sum of monthly UCR rates)
Smaller-than-usual data window. Based on a ~35-day data window — read the grade as provisional. When the upstream feed refreshes, the longer window will tighten the comparison.
Recent activity (42 reports in the last 30 days)
- · violent / persons reports down 2 week-over-week (1 this week, 3 the week before).
- · property reports up 4 week-over-week (5 this week, 1 the week before).
- · society / public-order reports flat week-over-week (6 this week, 6 the week before).
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How to read this: CommunitySafe summarizes publicly published police reports. Scores reflect historical reporting only — not predictions of future risk, and not a substitute for professional safety advice. Should not be used as the sole basis for housing, lending, insurance, or hiring decisions. See /methodology for the full calculation.