CrimeMetric

Crime in Mississippi

Major crime across Mississippi is 25% below the U.S. rate per resident: 37% lower for persons crimes and 22% lower for property crimes. That is the 39th highest of the 50 states and DC. Expected major crimes are down 8.3% from a year earlier. Of the 85 places below, 48 are more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
75
25% below the U.S. rate
1,291 per 100,000
down 8.3% in a year
Persons crimes
64
37% below the U.S. rate
197 per 100,000
down 9.6% in a year
Property crimes
78
22% below the U.S. rate
1,094 per 100,000
down 8.1% in a year
Social disorder
112
12% above the U.S. rate
2,590 per 100,000
down 8.3% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Mississippi, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

Highest major-crime index

  1. Gulfport220
  2. Tupelo203
  3. Biloxi172
  4. Hattiesburg157
  5. Jackson150

Lowest major-crime index

  1. Pearl35
  2. Clinton47
  3. Greenville49
  4. Olive Branch69
  5. Ridgeland80

Among the 14 places in Mississippi of 25,000 or more residents that we publish.

PlaceIndexAgainst Mississippi
Jackson1502.0 times
Gulfport2202.9 times
Southaven9830% higher
Hattiesburg1572.1 times
Biloxi1722.3 times
Olive Branch699% lower
Tupelo2032.7 times
Meridian9728% higher
Pearl3553% lower
Oxford817% higher
Ridgeland806% higher
Horn Lake818% higher
Greenville4935% lower
Clinton4737% lower
Brandon2370% lower
Starkville1401.9 times
Pascagoula2453.2 times
Hernando2567% lower
Columbus10945% higher
Gautier10844% higher
Ocean Springs9729% higher
Vicksburg2072.8 times
Long Beach4244% lower
Laurel1992.6 times
Corinth1161.5 times
D'Iberville2253.0 times
Greenwood4935% lower
Natchez5132% lower
Clarksdale2042.7 times
Picayune8512% higher
McComb2523.3 times
Flowood8715% higher
Moss Point11147% higher
Byram3948% lower
Grenada1321.8 times
Brookhaven1361.8 times
Cleveland1171.5 times
Bay St. Louis11148% higher
West Point9932% higher
Yazoo City6415% lower
Canton4541% lower
Diamondhead2863% lower
Gulf Hills6021% lower
Senatobia8918% higher
Booneville1522.0 times
St. Martin73about the same
New Albany5330% lower
West Hattiesburg1882.5 times
Richland6119% lower
Latimer5626% lower

The 50 largest places in Mississippi, largest first.

All 85 places in Mississippi

Every place in Mississippi with a page, A to Z.

Crime by type

Murder stands out most, at 1.7 times the U.S. rate

Every block group in Mississippi, including towns and unincorporated areas: the index against the U.S. rate per resident, and expected crimes a year per 100,000 residents.

Persons crimes

Murder1696.0
Rape / sexual assault7826.1
Aggravated assault64146
Robbery4318.5

Property crimes

Burglary118193
Other larceny84417
Shoplifting74236
Motor vehicle theft65103
Theft from vehicle55145

Social disorder

Drugs and alcohol162805
Disorderly conduct115137
Trespassing115269
Intimidation108246
Simple assault95690
Weapons violations9190.7
Vandalism86352

How crime varies across Mississippi

Share of Mississippi residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5056.7%
  • 50–10025.8%
  • 100–20011.6%
  • 200–4004.2%
  • 400+1.8%

86.9% of Mississippi residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (2.0%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (11.2%), and 0.0% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources

2,445 block groups and 2,959,668 residents. How the estimates are made