Dude , give it a rest . The finished per capita data does not support your claim , nor does preliminary 2016 data . Whether or not the small uptick doesn ' t negate the trend , growth is still growth regardless of the amount . You claimed Nashville is the safest it ' s been in x number of years , you were proven wrong . There ' s nothing to misconstrue . You lost a debate fair and square . Let it go . Edit just to throw this out there , it has not once been my goal to be a dick . I love Nashville , and I want to see it grow and thrive . But there ARE things beginning to happen under the surface here that need to be addressed . The nothing to see here , move along , all is well attitude is not what this city needs , because all is not always well at the moment . The small crime blips on the radar are concerning once you realize which crimes are rising . That ' s how we are supposed to read per capita data in conjunction with current culture and changes in our community . We ' ve seen a sizable spike in homelessness and poverty . Reports have started coming in about an increase in illicit drug dependency . We ' re growing at a rate we can ' t handle due to the infrastructure of our interstates and our severely lacking public transportation . We ' re building $ 500 k houses next to tiny , run down homes that desperately need a new roof . People who have lived in their area of Nashville their whole life are getting ousted from their homes because they can ' t afford the insane inflation of our property values and landlords now know they can demand more . All this money is being poured into Nashville to make it a cool city or desirable community but the VAST majority of this money is not going into the community that already exists here . Nashville is being molded into a city that the people with money wantbecause they have the means to buy it outand it is desperately affecting our local community . All of this goes to say that we , ALL Nashvillians , need to be incredibly mindful of these trends and keep up with new legislature , news , and anything that affects our city so that we can be proactively responsive to the things happening here . The population grew by 10 , 000 between 20142015 , yet there were over 400 more deaths . That ' s not a comforting thought . Crime doesn ' t start creeping back up for no reason . Sure , we can blame it on the simple logic that more people more crime . But this kind of thinking is a slippery slope to apathy , and if we are mindful about the direction in which our city is headed , we might be able to do something about it . Sorry for the novel just approaching this conclusion from a more conversational standpoint . Mic ' s back on the ground .