Crime in Water Valley, Mississippi
Major crime in Water Valley is 1.5 times the U.S. rate per resident: 17% higher for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Intimidation stands out most, at 4.7 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Water Valley for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Water Valley
Water Valley is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 167; the middle half of residents live where it is between 110 and 167.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–1000.0%
- 100–20078.8%
- 200–40021.2%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Mississippi it fell 8.3%
Change in expected crimes, with Mississippi as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Water Valley against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
169 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Water Valley; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Water Valley has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Oxford (14 mi), is 47% below Water Valley's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Water Valley
What are the most common crimes in Water Valley?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 42 a year), shoplifting (about 22 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 19 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 4.7 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Water Valley's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Water Valley has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 30.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 4,240. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Water Valley, Mississippi." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ms/water-valley
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Oxford14 mi81
- Batesville21 mi200
- Charleston26 mi151
- Grenada29 mi132
- Pontotoc36 mi86
- Senatobia37 mi89
- New Albany42 mi53
- Holly Springs43 mi28