Table 8

MISSISSIPPI
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2006

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Aberdeen	6,205	24	1	5	4	14	150	33	110	7	0
Amory²	7,388	8	0	1	3	4	311	59	242	10	2
Batesville	7,680	16	1	0	11	4	429	67	335	27	0
Bay St. Louis	8,287	22	0	4	11	7	450	103	319	28	2
Belzoni	2,532	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booneville	8,554	9	0	0	4	5	193	60	132	1	0
Brandon	19,320	5	0	2	1	2	200	38	146	16	4
Brookhaven	9,871	18	2	0	7	9	270	29	231	10	0
Bruce	2,025	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Byhalia	713	6	0	0	2	4	89	22	52	15	0
Canton	12,462	59	1	11	15	32	417	226	183	8	0
Charleston	2,047	23	0	1	3	19	93	31	60	2	2
Cleveland	12,772	28	1	0	6	21	746	112	617	17	1
Collins	2,751	12	1	0	9	2	149	37	101	11	0
Columbia	6,385	8	1	5	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Columbus	24,337	61	4	4	30	23	1,061	179	841	41	2
Corinth	14,205	64	1	11	23	29	1,011	246	740	25	1
Edwards	1,300	6	0	0	0	6	10	2	8	0	0
Fulton	4,087	2	0	1	0	1	79	15	61	3	1
Gloster	1,056	10	0	0	2	8	8	7	1	0	0
Greenville²	38,584	206	5	16	70	115	2,377	928	1,338	111	74
Greenwood	17,281	118	5	5	43	65	1,038	339	611	88	0
Grenada	14,516	90	3	5	29	53	634	165	426	43	0
Gulfport	72,202	280	12	25	150	93	5,216	1,430	3,372	414	26
Hattiesburg	47,006	226	10	18	125	73	2,777	816	1,694	267	20
Heidelberg	807	1	1	0	0	0	25	3	15	7	0
Holly Springs	7,985	68	1	3	17	47	252	47	166	39	1
Horn Lake	22,071	34	0	1	21	12	1,175	169	905	101	1
Indianola	11,280	86	0	16	14	56	618	188	409	21	6
Iuka	2,976	13	0	2	1	10	77	22	49	6	0
Jackson	177,334	1,736	40	160	1,022	514	13,208	3,817	7,534	1,857	65
Kosciusko	7,308	21	1	1	7	12	226	106	120	0	0
Laurel²	18,232	183	4	19	121	39	1,532	508	962	62	3
Leakesville	1,003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leland	5,138	23	1	0	3	19	203	72	129	2	1
Lexington	1,934	9	1	0	1	7	17	10	7	0	0
Long Beach	17,221	7	1	0	3	3	315	28	271	16	0
Louisville	6,772	8	0	0	2	6	114	58	56	0	0
Lucedale	2,880	7	2	0	1	4	91	19	72	0	0
Madison	16,677	7	0	1	4	2	211	10	195	6	0
Magee	4,278	5	1	1	2	1	115	27	76	12	0
Magnolia	2,071	3	0	0	0	3	42	17	21	4	0
McComb	13,196	50	0	2	28	20	844	178	611	55	0
Meridian	38,466	201	2	34	70	95	1,910	776	1,017	117	12
Morton	3,429	5	0	0	4	1	43	26	11	6	1
Moss Point	15,070	105	5	12	48	40	1,350	491	624	235	3
Natchez	16,905	47	2	8	12	25	938	173	755	10	0
New Albany	7,980	34	0	1	5	28	59	24	28	7	3
Newton	3,687	13	1	2	2	8	79	39	36	4	0
Olive Branch	27,863	96	1	17	31	47	2,025	342	1,560	123	4
Oxford	13,569	35	0	3	4	28	399	85	290	24	0
Pascagoula	25,082	116	2	26	74	14	2,236	798	1,113	325	1
Pass Christian	6,826	14	0	1	4	9	252	70	168	14	2
Pearl	23,028	102	0	45	19	38	864	247	544	73	3
Pelahatchie	1,485	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Petal	10,052	13	0	3	6	4	155	68	75	12	0
Philadelphia	7,590	45	0	7	26	12	355	97	237	21	0
Picayune	10,791	40	0	7	9	24	498	74	384	40	5
Port Gibson	1,759	4	1	2	1	0	22	10	11	1	0
Richland	7,026	21	0	12	1	8	328	103	213	12	0
Ridgeland	21,159	55	1	0	21	33	761	65	655	41	1
Ripley	5,613	11	0	0	0	11	92	32	51	9	0
Roxie	562	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southaven	38,700	93	1	10	39	43	1,682	239	1,288	155	1
Starkville	22,051	72	0	9	26	37	620	182	420	18	0
Summit	1,597	0	0	0	0	0	82	23	57	2	0
Tupelo	35,544	102	1	21	41	39	1,692	332	1,247	113	2
Vicksburg	25,659	234	2	32	37	163	1,895	445	1,344	106	20
West Point	11,540	31	0	4	9	18	408	153	253	2	1
Winona	4,916	7	0	1	4	2	22	9	11	2	0

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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