Hattiesburg, MS is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 37% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hattiesburg, MS shows violent crime at 221.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,465.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 37% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
221.5/100K violent
3465.3/100K property
-37% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hattiesburg, MS
Comparable rate records
Hattiesburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Mississippi cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hattiesburg's 221.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Wesson (224.1), Senatobia (229.9), Booneville (242.4), Olive Branch (199.2). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 399.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 221.5 in 2024 (-44.5%). The highest observed value was 419.1 in 2021 and the lowest 221.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.0% of the 1,781 Part I offenses reported in Hattiesburg for 2024, against a median of 11.2% across comparable Mississippi cities — a gap of 5.2 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Hattiesburg sits mid-pack among comparable Mississippi cities
At 221.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hattiesburg ranks 30 of 63 — above 33 of the 62 other Mississippi cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +18.6% against the cohort median of 186.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Hattiesburg's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Hattiesburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 53.4 Census sq mi, Hattiesburg logged 31.3 property and 2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hattiesburg's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (78% of 1,781 offenses; mix index 6,227).
Violent offenses are only 6% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (53.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-18.4%
4247.1 → 3465.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-13%
254.6 → 221.5/100K
Property offenses lead Hattiesburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MS
Property Crime
1,674
3465.3
952.6
Larceny-Theft
1,388
2873.3
-
Burglary
179
370.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
107
221.5
-
Arson
5
10.4
-
Violent Crime
107
221.5
142.7
Aggravated Assault
66
136.6
-
Rape
19
39.3
-
Robbery
16
33.1
-
Murder
6
12.4
-
Hattiesburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hattiesburg property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Hattiesburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Hattiesburg NIBRS-participating
Hattiesburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hattiesburg's 1,781 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Mississippi
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In 2024, Hattiesburg reported 107 violent crimes and 1,674 property crimes, for a total of 1,781 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hattiesburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Hattiesburg's violent crime rate decreased by 13%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18.4%.
What is the most common crime in Hattiesburg?
The most common crime type in Hattiesburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.9% of all reported crimes (1,388 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hattiesburg figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Hattiesburg, MS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.