Mississippi Crime Grades A-F (2024)

Statewide grade A

57 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 77/100 (Safe).

What is Mississippi’s crime safety grade?

Mississippi earned an overall safety grade of A (score: 77/100, Safe) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 142.7 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 952.6 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 57 Mississippi cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 57 graded Mississippi cities, 1 earned A+, 15 earned A, 17 received B, 9 landed at C, 8 received D, and 7 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Madison with an A+ grade (score: 91/100, violent rate 57/100K). The lowest-rated city is Laurel with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 1051.9/100K).

Roughly 28% of graded cities in Mississippi achieved an A or A+ rating, while 26% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Mississippi and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+

1 cities

15 cities

17 cities

9 cities

8 cities

7 cities

Madison

57
Raymond

54
Brandon

89
Hernando

92
Purvis

51
Richland

53
Ackerman

64
Petal

130

What this shows Madison reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Mississippi. At 57 per 100K, it runs well below the Mississippi average of 142.7. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Madison	91	57/100K	388.4/100K	28,064
2	A	Raymond	89	53.6/100K	643.8/100K	1,864
3	A	Brandon	88	88.8/100K	374.4/100K	25,905
4	A	Hernando	87	91.5/100K	473.7/100K	18,579
5	A	Purvis	86	51.1/100K	970.4/100K	1,958
6	A	Richland	86	53.4/100K	1028.6/100K	7,486
7	A	Ackerman	84	64.2/100K	1091.1/100K	1,558
8	A	Petal	84	130.4/100K	391.1/100K	11,505
9	A	Clinton	83	68.5/100K	1206/100K	26,285
10	A	Long Beach	83	82.1/100K	991/100K	17,053
11	A	Tunica	83	116.1/100K	580.7/100K	861
12	A	New Albany	82	77.6/100K	1138/100K	7,733
13	A	Guntown	82	82.2/100K	1109.7/100K	2,433
14	A	Byram	82	95.8/100K	958/100K	12,526
15	A	Ellisville	81	66.5/100K	1418.1/100K	4,513
16	A	Horn Lake	77	109.9/100K	1398.9/100K	26,378
17	B	Starkville	74	82.9/100K	2036/100K	25,344
18	B	Iuka	74	163.6/100K	1079.8/100K	3,056
19	B	Mendenhall	73	188.1/100K	987.3/100K	2,127
20	B	Oxford	71	127.1/100K	1852.6/100K	27,529
21	B	Waveland	70	72.2/100K	2643.4/100K	6,923
22	B	Fulton	70	154.3/100K	1631/100K	4,537
23	B	Union	70	251/100K	552.2/100K	1,992
24	B	Vardaman	70	288.2/100K	192.1/100K	1,041
25	B	Heidelberg	69	164.2/100K	1642/100K	609
26	B	Kosciusko	68	177.4/100K	1626/100K	6,765
27	B	Olive Branch	68	199.2/100K	1358.7/100K	47,178
28	B	Wesson	68	224.1/100K	1064.4/100K	1,785
29	B	Bay St. Louis	67	119.3/100K	2357.6/100K	10,901
30	B	Poplarville	64	248.6/100K	1278.4/100K	2,816
31	B	Senatobia	63	229.9/100K	1609.6/100K	8,263
32	B	Bay Springs	61	316.7/100K	886.6/100K	1,579
33	B	Bruce	60	380/100K	253.3/100K	1,579
34	C	Gautier	59	247.1/100K	1924/100K	19,023
35	C	Pontotoc	59	251.4/100K	1877.3/100K	5,966
36	C	Picayune	58	185.5/100K	2698.1/100K	11,860
37	C	Ridgeland	56	319.6/100K	1380.8/100K	24,407
38	C	Southaven	52	304.2/100K	2024.8/100K	57,537
39	C	Hattiesburg	48	221.5/100K	3465.3/100K	48,307
40	C	Walnut	48	444.4/100K	888.9/100K	675
41	C	Booneville	46	242.4/100K	3647.4/100K	9,075
42	C	Wiggins	42	305.4/100K	3124.3/100K	4,257
43	D	Pascagoula	38	326.3/100K	4870.7/100K	21,455
44	D	Corinth	37	353.6/100K	3139.6/100K	14,142
45	D	Cleveland	37	383.7/100K	2843.1/100K	10,165
46	D	Batesville	36	343.8/100K	4758/100K	7,272
47	D	Tupelo	31	391/100K	3777.3/100K	37,593
48	D	West Point	31	507/100K	2079.7/100K	9,665
49	D	Philadelphia	26	524.2/100K	2490.2/100K	6,867
50	D	Lucedale	25	448.9/100K	3558.8/100K	3,119
51	F	Magee	24	562.2/100K	2300/100K	3,913
52	F	Water Valley	22	531.9/100K	2896/100K	3,384
53	F	Forest	22	707.2/100K	879.2/100K	5,232
54	F	Waynesboro	16	929/100K	1636.8/100K	4,521
55	F	Amory	15	630.3/100K	2505.5/100K	6,346
56	F	Vicksburg	9	616.6/100K	3811/100K	19,785
57	F	Laurel	0	1051.9/100K	3788/100K	16,922

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mississippi's overall crime safety grade?

Mississippi has an overall safety grade of A (score: 77/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 142.7 per 100K and property crime rate of 952.6 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Mississippi have an A+ safety grade?

1 cities in Mississippi earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 15 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Mississippi?

Madison is the highest-rated city in Mississippi with an A+ grade (score: 91/100). Its violent crime rate is 57 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for Mississippi grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (77/100 here, grade A).

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (57 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Nearby States, Crime Grades

Compare Mississippi's grade distribution with neighboring states, or use the compare tool to benchmark jurisdictions side-by-side.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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