What city in Mississippi has the lowest crime rate?

Madison, MS has the lowest violent crime rate among Mississippi cities with 10,000+ population in this ranking, at 57 per 100,000 residents for 2024, according to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program data.

What is the safest area to live in Mississippi?

Based on FBI UCR violent-crime rates, Madison ranks safest among Mississippi cities with 10,000+ population. The top 5 are Madison, Clinton, Long Beach, Starkville, Brandon. Smaller towns below the population threshold aren't included since low incident counts make their per-capita rates statistically unstable.

Mississippi's 23 safest ranked cities average a violent crime rate of 245.8 per 100,000 residents, which is below the commonly-cited US national average. Safety varies significantly by city; see the full ranking above and each city's individual profile for specifics.

Safest Cities in Mississippi

Top 23 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Madison at 57/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Mississippi

Mississippi lists 23 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Madison at 57/100K violent down to Laurel at 1051.9/100K on this cut. That is a 994.9/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 245.8 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Madison reported 16 violent and 109 property offenses on a 28,064 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 388.4/100K sits beside the 57/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Madison, Clinton, Long Beach, Starkville, Brandon.

Madison offense desk

Madison's 2024 violent book concentrates in aggravated assault (81% of 16 Part I violent offenses; mix index 6,797).

Madison's violent rate rose 32.0% vs 2023 (43.2 → 57.0 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Mississippi list.

Madison violent offense mix (2024)

Aggravated assault 13 offenses (81%) Rape 1 offenses (6%) Murder 2 offenses (13%)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

#	Grade	City	Population	Violent Crime Rate	Property Crime Rate
1	A+	Madison	28,064	57/100K	388.4/100K
2	A	Clinton	26,285	68.5/100K	1206/100K
3	A	Long Beach	17,053	82.1/100K	991/100K
4	B	Starkville	25,344	82.9/100K	2036/100K
5	A	Brandon	25,905	88.8/100K	374.4/100K
6	A	Hernando	18,579	91.5/100K	473.7/100K
7	A	Byram	12,526	95.8/100K	958/100K
8	A	Horn Lake	26,378	109.9/100K	1398.9/100K
9	B	Bay St. Louis	10,901	119.3/100K	2357.6/100K
10	B	Oxford	27,529	127.1/100K	1852.6/100K
11	A	Petal	11,505	130.4/100K	391.1/100K
12	C	Picayune	11,860	185.5/100K	2698.1/100K
13	B	Olive Branch	47,178	199.2/100K	1358.7/100K
14	C	Hattiesburg	48,307	221.5/100K	3465.3/100K
15	C	Gautier	19,023	247.1/100K	1924/100K
16	C	Southaven	57,537	304.2/100K	2024.8/100K
17	C	Ridgeland	24,407	319.6/100K	1380.8/100K
18	D	Pascagoula	21,455	326.3/100K	4870.7/100K
19	D	Corinth	14,142	353.6/100K	3139.6/100K
20	D	Cleveland	10,165	383.7/100K	2843.1/100K
21	D	Tupelo	37,593	391/100K	3777.3/100K
22	F	Vicksburg	19,785	616.6/100K	3811/100K
23	F	Laurel	16,922	1051.9/100K	3788/100K

Mississippi overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.

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