Olive Branch, MS is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 43% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Olive Branch, MS shows violent crime at 199.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,358.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 43% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
199.2/100K violent
1358.7/100K property
-43% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Olive Branch, MS
Comparable rate records
Olive Branch's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Mississippi cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Olive Branch's 199.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mendenhall (188.1), Picayune (185.5), Kosciusko (177.4), Hattiesburg (221.5). 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 237.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 199.2 in 2024 (-16.1%). The highest observed value was 325.0 in 2021 and the lowest 199.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Olive Branch sits mid-pack among comparable Mississippi cities
At 199.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Olive Branch ranks 31 of 63 — above 32 of the 62 other Mississippi cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +6.7% 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 Olive Branch'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.
Olive Branch's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 55.8 Census sq mi, Olive Branch logged 11.5 property and 1.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Olive Branch's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 735 offenses; mix index 4,664).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (55.8 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
-22.1%
1744.8 → 1358.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.7%
209.1 → 199.2/100K
Property offenses lead Olive Branch's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MS
vs US avg
Property Crime
641
1358.7
952.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
479
1015.3
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
126
267.1
-
-
Burglary
36
76.3
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
94
199.2
142.7
352
Aggravated Assault
71
150.5
-
-
Robbery
16
33.9
-
-
Rape
7
14.8
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Olive Branch Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Olive Branch 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
Olive Branch Police Department
Reporting agency for Olive Branch NIBRS-participating
Olive Branch Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Olive Branch's 735 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Mississippi cities closest to Olive Branch in population. Their populations run from 25,905 to 57,537, against 47,178 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Olive Branch reported 94 violent crimes and 641 property crimes, for a total of 735 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Olive Branch?
From 2023 to 2024, Olive Branch's violent crime rate decreased by 4.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 22.1%.
What is the most common crime in Olive Branch?
The most common crime type in Olive Branch is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.2% of all reported crimes (479 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Olive Branch 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 Olive Branch, MS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.