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Mississippi Crime Rates & City Safety Scores

Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.

Key facts

  1. 01

    Mississippi displays a 41.38-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Olive Branch, Mississippi at 68.04 points out of 100 versus Gulfport, Mississippi at 26.66.

  2. 02

    Mississippi displays 6 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 102 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 6 displayed profiles have scores.

  3. 03

    Mississippi has 1 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 4 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.

  4. 04

    Jackson, Mississippi has a reporting population of 149,827 residents versus 46,538 in Olive Branch, Mississippi, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.

Quick answer

In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Mississippi is Olive Branch with an adjusted safety score of 68.04 out of 100, ranked across 6 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.

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Mississippi city safety rankings

Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 6 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.

City / Jurisdiction Cohort Rank Population Safety Score Overall Trend Actions
Olive Branch #1 of 6 46,538 68.04 ↑ Increasing View Report →
Southaven #2 of 6 55,531 55.9 ↑ Increasing View Report →
Hattiesburg #3 of 6 48,507 47.99 ↑ Increasing View Report →
Jackson #4 of 6 149,827 46.14 ↑ Increasing View Report →
Biloxi #5 of 6 49,011 46.08 ↓ Decreasing View Report →
Gulfport #6 of 6 72,533 26.66 → Stable View Report →

* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 6 jurisdictions listed above.

Chart of Mississippi crime statistics: Mississippi agencies reported 8,573 violent offenses in 2025. Between 144 to 159 agencies reported each month, so the total is not compared with 2024. Shows violent and property offenses per month.
Mississippi agencies reported 8,573 violent offenses in 2025. Between 144 to 159 agencies reported each month, so the total is not compared with 2024. Source: FBI NIBRS, 2025. Counts of reported offenses, not rates. CC BY 4.0
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Data, definitions and reuse

Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Monthly counts are summed over the agencies that reported each month, and agency coverage changes over time.

Monthly source sums, 2025
MonthViolentPropertyAgencies reporting
Jan6744246159
Feb6203673155
Mar7564152157
Apr7794287154
May7594392154
Jun7984094151
Jul7664485150
Aug7803966149
Sep7324248150
Oct6874048147
Nov6353827144
Dec5873672145

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Analyst takeaways · Mississippi reporting-agency sums

Mississippi in 7 numbers

  1. Every major offense fell in 2025. Robbery 41% (596 to 842), homicide 37%, aggravated assault 36%, burglary 26%, motor vehicle theft 22%, larceny-theft 7%.
  2. Almost half of all reports are property crime. 58,346 of 154,309 reports (37.8%); larceny-theft alone is 35,432 (23.0%).
  3. Clearances skew toward violent crime. 50% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts and 12% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
  4. Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 340 reports in 2025 vs 249 in 2024 (37%) across reporting agencies.
  5. The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (30,706) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (8,837, 5.7% of reports).
  6. Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Jul (3,166) and troughed in Feb (2,603), a 1.2× swing inside a single year.
  7. These are reporting-agency sums. 66 of 245 agencies reported robbery in December 2025 (vs 74 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.

Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 245 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.

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FBI NIBRS monthly detail · Mississippi reporting-agency sums, source year 2025

Mississippi monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025

Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.

Larceny-theft, month by month

→ Stable, 35432 reports vs 33228 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Larceny-theft 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Mississippi
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 20253,03274Full
Feb 20252,60372Full
Mar 20252,96972Full
Apr 20253,04272Full
May 20253,14673Full
Jun 20252,96571Full
Jul 20253,16670Full
Aug 20252,88269Full
Sep 20253,06471Full
Oct 20253,07769Full
Nov 20252,84267Full
Dec 20252,64466Full

Simple assault, month by month

↑ Increasing, 30706 reports vs 24315 in 2024 (up 26% in reported data).

Simple assault 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Mississippi
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 20252,20976Full
Feb 20252,17674Full
Mar 20252,74374Full
Apr 20252,82474Full
May 20252,71475Full
Jun 20252,53273Full
Jul 20252,73672Full
Aug 20252,82271Full
Sep 20252,74773Full
Oct 20252,57671Full
Nov 20252,37869Full
Dec 20252,24968Full

Drug/Narcotic Violations, month by month

→ Stable, 21485 reports vs 19612 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Drug/Narcotic Violations 2025: summed reported counts and reporting agencies, Mississippi
MonthCountAgenciesCoverage
Jan 20251,77978Full
Feb 20251,80076Full
Mar 20252,01376Full
Apr 20251,98776Full
May 20251,85577Full
Jun 20251,78775Full
Jul 20251,82774Full
Aug 20251,74073Full
Sep 20251,72575Full
Oct 20251,74773Full
Nov 20251,67971Full
Dec 20251,54670Full

Clearances: what got cleared in 2025

50% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.

Clearances 2025: reports cleared per 100 reports received, highest rate first
OffenseReportedClearedClearance rate
Homicide34017150.3%
Aggravated Assault6,3942,25435.3%
Robbery84221625.7%
Burglary8,2391,00312.2%
Larceny-theft35,4326,15117.4%
Motor Vehicle Theft5,07753510.5%

Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.

Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.

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Mississippi city reports

Reading the comparison

Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage

Monthly count comparisons

Mississippi reporting agencies recorded 3,166 larceny-theft offenses in Jul 2025 versus 2,603 in Feb 2025, a difference of 563 reports; 70 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 72 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 35,432 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Mississippi reporting agencies recorded 2,824 simple assault offenses in Apr 2025 versus 2,176 in Feb 2025, a difference of 648 reports; 74 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 74 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 30,706 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Mississippi reporting agencies recorded 2,013 drug/narcotic violations offenses in Mar 2025 versus 1,546 in Dec 2025, a difference of 467 reports; 76 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 70 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 21,485 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).

Mississippi reporting agencies recorded 171 cleared homicide offenses against 340 reports received in 2025 (50.3%), compared with 535 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 5,077 reports (10.5%), a 39.8-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.

Gulfport, Mississippi records 26.66 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 21.81 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.47; its reporting population of 72,533 residents accounts for 17.2% of the 421,947 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Olive Branch, Mississippi records 68.04 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 19.57 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.47; its reporting population of 46,538 residents accounts for 11.0% of the 421,947 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Southaven, Mississippi records 55.9 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 7.43 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 48.47; its reporting population of 55,531 residents accounts for 13.2% of the 421,947 residents summed across the 6 displayed jurisdiction populations.

Mississippi reporting-agency sums contain 35,432 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 33,228 in 2024, 2,204 reports (6.6%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 59 to 74 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

Mississippi reporting-agency sums contain 30,706 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 24,315 in 2024, 6,391 reports (26.3%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 61 to 76 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

Mississippi reporting-agency sums contain 15,954 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 12,047 in 2024, 3,907 reports (32.4%) more across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 63 to 78 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.

MS coverage summary

How to read the Mississippi directory

The scoring run contains 102 reportable jurisdictions in Mississippi. This public directory displays the 6 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 6-jurisdiction cohort.

Within the displayed cohort, Olive Branch has the highest adjusted score at 68.04, and Gulfport has the lowest at 26.66. The public-cohort range is 41.38 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.

Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 1 decreasing, 1 stable, and 4 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.

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