Table 10

MISSISSIPPI
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2005
[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan	County	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Metropolitan Counties	Desoto	42	0	6	11	25	664	152	380	132	3
	George²	22	0	1	0	21	223	81	124	18	3
	Harrison	111	8	49	11	43	1,451	343	979	129	4
	Hinds	55	1	12	17	25	748	260	378	110	1
	Jackson	101	4	17	16	64	1,632	388	959	285	0
	Lamar	40	1	15	7	17	678	261	388	29	1
	Madison	60	2	5	10	43	434	112	293	29	2
	Rankin	41	1	2	5	33	687	261	371	55	12
	Stone	35	0	5	3	27	112	15	85	12	0
	Tate	8	0	2	3	3	244	103	99	42	3
Nonmetropolitan Counties	Adams	38	2	4	4	28	556	196	327	33	3
	Chickasaw	23	1	0	5	17	59	35	24	0	1
	Claiborne	19	4	1	1	13	108	67	39	2	2
	Coahoma	12	0	1	2	9	154	76	54	24	0
	Grenada	20	2	3	0	15	163	59	85	19	0
	Issaquena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Itawamba²	10	2	2	3	3	209	102	92	15	2
	Jefferson	41	1	1	0	39	25	8	17	0	0
	Lauderdale	26	1	4	11	10	497	244	218	35	2
	Lee	91	0	12	15	64	731	312	378	41	28
	Leflore	133	1	4	11	117	479	178	266	35	1
	Lincoln	22	0	1	1	20	296	87	191	18	1
	Lowndes	55	1	13	9	32	526	149	345	32	2
	Marion	58	2	10	3	43	375	173	178	24	0
	Oktibbeha	3	0	0	0	3	31	8	23	0	0
	Panola	77	4	4	10	59	601	280	290	31	1
	Pike	28	1	2	5	20	384	171	202	11
	Scott	49	1	14	5	29	341	138	173	30
	Sharkey	17	1	0	1	15	20	19	1	0	0
	Tippah	28	1	0	5	22	34	27	2	5	0
	Tishomingo	27	0	3	21	3	59	52	2	5	0
	Union	11	1	0	3	7	193	109	72	12	3
	Warren	9	0	3	0	6	366	143	198	25	0
	Washington	18	1	7	4	6	433	158	238	37	6

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
² Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

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