Ridgeland, MS is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 9% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Ridgeland, MS shows violent crime at 319.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,380.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 9% 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
319.6/100K violent
1380.8/100K property
-9% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Ridgeland, MS
Comparable rate records
Ridgeland's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Mississippi cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Ridgeland's 319.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Bay Springs (316.7), Pascagoula (326.3), Wiggins (305.4), Southaven (304.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Ridgeland sits mid-pack among comparable Mississippi cities
At 319.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Ridgeland ranks 18 of 63 — above 45 of the 62 other Mississippi cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +71.1% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.8% of the 415 Part I offenses reported in Ridgeland for 2024, against a median of 10.1% across comparable Mississippi cities — a gap of 8.7 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 303.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 319.6 in 2024 (+5.4%). The highest observed value was 430.9 in 2021 and the lowest 303.2 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Ridgeland'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.
Ridgeland's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 26.3 Census sq mi, Ridgeland logged 12.8 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Ridgeland's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (63% of 415 offenses; mix index 4,279).
Violent offenses are 19% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (26.3 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
-19.5%
1716 → 1380.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-11.7%
362.1 → 319.6/100K
Property offenses lead Ridgeland's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MS
Property Crime
337
1380.8
952.6
Larceny-Theft
260
1065.3
-
Burglary
40
163.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
37
151.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
78
319.6
142.7
Aggravated Assault
54
221.2
-
Robbery
11
45.1
-
Rape
9
36.9
-
Murder
4
16.4
-
Ridgeland Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Ridgeland 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
Ridgeland Police Department
Reporting agency for Ridgeland NIBRS-participating
Ridgeland Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Ridgeland's 415 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 Ridgeland in population. Their populations run from 19,785 to 28,064, against 24,407 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Ridgeland reported 78 violent crimes and 337 property crimes, for a total of 415 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Ridgeland?
From 2023 to 2024, Ridgeland's violent crime rate decreased by 11.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 19.5%.
What is the most common crime in Ridgeland?
The most common crime type in Ridgeland is larceny-theft, accounting for 62.7% of all reported crimes (260 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Ridgeland 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 Ridgeland, MS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.