Is ZIP code 38261 safe?

CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 38261 scores in the 16.0th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.

How is the crime score for 38261 calculated?

SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.

How does 38261 compare with the rest of Tennessee?

It ranks #172 of 238 scored ZIP codes in Tennessee, against a state median of the 60.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,312 of 14,733.

Crime Score for ZIP 38261, Rives, TN

Rives · September 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime

Low Crime

Lower crime than 83.99% of US ZIP codes

National rank

#9,312

of 14,733 scored ZIPs

Tennessee rank

#172

of 238 in state

Score index

29.2

crime intensity

Snapshot

September 2026

updated monthly

ZIP code 38261 covers part of Rives in Tennessee. In September 2026 it scored in the 16.0th percentile for reported crime among 14,733 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Low Crime rating, among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.

Nationally it ranks #9,312, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Tennessee it ranks #172 of 238. That is 44.5 points below the Tennessee median of 60.6.

Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.

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Questions about 38261

Is ZIP code 38261 safe?: CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 38261 scores in the 16.0th percentile for reported crime as of September 2026, which is a Low Crime rating: among the quietest quarter of scored ZIP codes.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
How is the crime score for 38261 calculated?: SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
How does 38261 compare with the rest of Tennessee?: It ranks #172 of 238 scored ZIP codes in Tennessee, against a state median of the 60.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #9,312 of 14,733.

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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, September 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.