Safety City Knoxville is a unique hands-on safety education program for elementary school children, run by the Knoxville Police Department and now managed by City Parks & Recreation. The program features a child-size setting complete with buildings, paved streets and sidewalks, working traffic signals, and traffic signs.

Children receive classroom instruction in basic pedestrian, vehicular, bicycle, and fire safety, then practice their skills through participatory activities on the site. During the school year (Jan–May, Aug–Dec), second-grade students attend as organized field trips. Summer community hours (Jun–Jul) run Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10am–2pm. In December, Safety City Christmas invites families to tour the Christmas lights display.