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Table 8

MISSISSIPPI

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2011

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson1
Aberdeen 5,633 19 0 0 3 16 219 74 132 13 0
Amory 7,344 16 0 1 8 7 324 96 214 14 1
Bay St. Louis 9,295 19 0 2 2 15 420 122 282 16 3
Belzoni 2,243 24 1 1 3 19 22 5 17 0 0
Biloxi 44,221 204 2 34 60 108 2,341 766 1,431 144 4
Brandon 21,787 13 1 2 7 3 247 95 144 8 0
Brookhaven 12,560 21 0 0 13 8 230 59 165 6 0
Byhalia 1,307 11 0 0 4 7 49 8 40 1 0
Carthage 5,094 8 1 0 4 3 43 22 11 10 0
Charleston 2,201 24 0 0 15 9 71 54 17 0 0
Clarksdale 18,030 150 8 4 40 98 1,189 619 503 67 20
Cleveland 12,381 53 2 8 11 32 941 168 752 21 7
Collins 2,596 19 0 2 11 6 170 32 132 6 0
Columbia 6,607 18 0 2 7 9 149 81 67 1 0
Columbus 23,729 81 7 9 26 39 1,156 336 784 36 1
Como 1,284 4 1 0 1 2 35 16 17 2 1
Crystal Springs 5,063 7 0 1 3 3 138 40 90 8 2
D'Iberville 9,522 27 6 3 10 8 609 55 535 19 1
Eupora 2,205 7 0 0 0 7 34 12 20 2 0
Florence 4,157 0 0 0 0 0 53 15 38 0 0
Flowood 7,853 38 0 0 4 34 495 77 408 10 0
Fulton 3,976 0 0 0 0 0 70 11 59 0 0
Gautier 18,642 50 1 12 7 30 699 204 453 42 2
Gloster 964 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0
Greenwood 15,262 93 7 12 37 37 859 298 539 22 0
Gulfport 68,049 192 12 22 94 64 3,605 944 2,523 138 13
Heidelberg 721 1 0 0 0 1 22 6 14 2 0
Holly Springs 7,728 98 4 2 17 75 304 116 171 17 0
Horn Lake 26,165 24 1 3 15 5 617 154 433 30 5
Indianola 10,723 88 1 5 28 54 603 154 443 6
Itta Bena 2,057 7 1 0 1 5 192 126 66 0 1
Iuka 3,039 14 0 3 1 10 115 58 55 2 0
Jackson 174,170 1,620 52 126 808 634 12,811 4,722 6,632 1,457 86
Kosciusko 7,430 16 0 2 5 9 176 89 87 0 0
Laurel 18,610 81 0 14 44 23 1,143 414 687 42 3
Leakesville 901 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leland 4,498 16 0 0 10 6 178 79 99 0 0
Louisville 6,656 13 0 1 4 8 117 86 26 5 0
Lucedale 2,934 9 0 0 3 6 62 6 54 2 0
Madison 24,240 20 0 1 7 12 220 18 199 3 0
Magee 4,425 29 0 1 4 24 60 33 25 2 2
McComb 12,838 69 4 1 30 34 695 171 504 20 0
Meridian 41,304 236 2 32 105 97 2,453 1,011 1,244 198 11
Morton 3,475 9 1 1 3 4 49 22 21 6 0
Natchez 15,852 65 4 10 33 18 972 234 715 23 16
New Albany 8,064 11 1 2 4 4 78 21 56 1 0
Newton 3,386 2 0 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 0
Ocean Springs 17,508 29 0 0 13 16 528 132 370 26 0
Olive Branch 33,611 92 2 7 21 62 979 414 517 48 2
Pascagoula 22,477 74 1 14 41 18 1,509 349 1,083 77 10
Pass Christian 4,630 7 0 3 0 4 171 43 122 6 0
Pearl 25,187 57 1 10 11 35 673 240 414 19 0
Petal2, 3 10,494 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
Philadelphia 7,505 59 0 11 13 35 422 147 271 4 0
Picayune 10,919 48 2 2 15 29 464 107 339 18 3
Port Gibson 1,573 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 11 0 0
Purvis 2,183 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ridgeland 24,138 35 3 0 8 24 594 72 504 18 0
Roxie 499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Saltillo 4,770 8 0 1 1 6 111 48 63 0 0
Southaven 49,167 140 0 20 26 94 1,542 216 1,261 65 1
Starkville 23,978 41 0 3 15 23 865 187 662 16 3
Summit 1,711 1 0 0 1 0 29 9 19 1 0
Vicksburg 23,946 146 4 25 21 96 1,744 507 1,180 57 6
West Point 11,350 45 2 7 10 26 365 115 249 1 0
Wiggins 4,407 12 0 0 0 12 181 57 122 2 0
Winona 5,062 8 0 0 2 6 50 12 38 0 0
Yazoo City 11,446 36 1 7 10 18 379 181 179 19 2
  • 1 If a blank is presented in the arson column, it indicates that the FBI did not receive 12 complete months of arson data for that agency.
  • 2 The FBI determined that the agency's data were underreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
  • 3 The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.

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