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SEC school towns ranked by violent crime rate (safest to least safe)

Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:21 am
Posted by AstuteObserver
Member since Sep 2026
33 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:21 am
(Violent crime per 100,000) people.

1. Mississippi State — Starkville: 83
2. Auburn — Auburn: 108
3. Ole Miss — Oxford: 127
4. Texas A&M — College Station: 171
5. Oklahoma — Norman: 260
6. Kentucky — Lexington: 262
7. Missouri — Columbia: 348
8. Georgia — Athens: 406
9. Arkansas — Fayetteville: 424
10. Texas — Austin: 467
11. Alabama — Tuscaloosa: 553
12. Florida — Gainesville: 738
13. Tennessee — Knoxville: 740
14. South Carolina — Columbia: 770
15. LSU — Baton Rouge: 1,004
16. Vanderbilt — Nashville: ~1,124

Congrats to Mississippi for being safe. WTF has happened to Nashville? It’s more ghetto than Baton Rouge? Seemed silly to me before the Ole Miss game people on here sorriest about safety lol… in Oxford?


Posted by Sisyphus
Member since Feb 2014
2014 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:50 am to
Nashville and Davidson County have a consolidated government so the Nashville police report numbers for the whole county.

Also,
quote:

WTF has happened to Nashville?


Lots and lots of assault if you dig in the numbers.

It makes sense, dumbasses get drunk on Broadway, get in a fight, get arrested for assault, repeat for X number of locals and tourists.
Posted by EST
Investigating
Member since Oct 2003
18316 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:57 am to
Stay out of the bad areas???
No, the entire city is not a “bad area”

Lived in BR for 30 years - no issues whatsoever for me or my family.
This post was edited on 9/22/26 at 1:59 am
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
8042 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 5:14 am to
Lexington is just as bad as BR at night
Posted by 01Tigers
Member since Oct 2025
25 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 5:52 am to
The worst crime rates are also the largest cities (besides Austin)
Posted by HurricaneCamille
Member since Oct 2024
2749 posts
Posted on 9/22/26 at 6:05 am to
Baton Rouge is not safe for a city of just 250,000.
The metro area is near 900,000, and the violent crime skyrockets as many suburban areas around the city are every bit as violent at Baton Rouge.

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