Table 8

MISSISSIPPI
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2009

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson
Aberdeen	6,054	29	0	1	13	15	194	65	126	3	0
Amory	7,226	13	0	0	4	9	354	78	267	9	2
Batesville¹	7,928	24	0	7	10	7			391	12	0
Bay St. Louis	7,774	14	1	3	6	4	416	84	317	15	0
Belzoni	2,407	10	1	2	2	5	23	4	19	0	0
Biloxi	45,160	252	5	3	127	117	2,583	1,020	1,427	136	1
Booneville	8,763	7	0	0	3	4	247	77	170	0	0
Brandon	22,716	12	1	5	3	3	201	69	123	9	0
Brookhaven	13,334	19	0	1	12	6	254	69	170	15	0
Byhalia	1,313	4	0	0	0	4	39	14	19	6	0
Canton	12,476	85	0	9	27	49	517	317	187	13	0
Carthage	4,836	5	0	1	1	3	94	59	31	4	0
Charleston	1,850	72	1	1	45	25	75	31	44	0	1
Clarksdale	17,741	129	4	18	57	50	996	621	334	41	9
Cleveland	12,057	50	1	5	19	25	898	150	731	17	3
Collins	2,774	10	0	1	5	4	141	26	106	9	0
Columbus	23,577	81	1	9	37	34	1,164	276	836	52	4
Crystal Springs	5,959	17	0	1	2	14	183	88	85	10	1
D'Iberville	7,934	34	0	9	12	13	688	102	570	16	2
Drew	2,146	17	0	5	4	8	65	43	19	3	16
Edwards	1,286	4	0	2	0	2	5	3	2	0	0
Eupora	2,201	7	0	1	0	6	51	25	24	2	1
Florence²	3,612	1	0	0	0	1	50	13	34	3	0
Flowood	7,182	38	0	4	3	31	499	114	365	20	0
Fulton	4,093	6	0	0	2	4	66	28	35	3	0
Gautier	16,248	60	0	7	13	40	721	214	467	40	3
Gloster	1,021	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	0
Greenville	35,187	65	8	7	45	5	2,036	896	1,045	95	75
Greenwood	15,842	124	2	17	32	73	988	409	553	26	0
Grenada	14,647	93	3	0	22	68	640	212	408	20	0
Gulfport	69,926	149	4	18	91	36	3,687	990	2,547	150	16
Hattiesburg	52,716	136	5	19	66	46	2,408	460	1,857	91	4
Heidelberg	809	0	0	0	0	0	30	7	22	1	0
Hernando	12,913	12	0	2	1	9	314	79	223	12	1
Holly Springs	7,997	110	1	1	20	88	360	159	177	24	0
Horn Lake	25,238	34	1	0	17	16	737	143	555	39	1
Itta Bena	1,844	1	0	0	0	1	137	78	54	5	0
Iuka	2,926	5	0	0	2	3	83	34	46	3	0
Jackson	172,799	1,515	37	124	958	396	13,182	4,569	6,994	1,619	113
Kosciusko	7,371	18	0	1	3	14	173	80	92	1	0
Laurel	18,741	134	3	13	82	36	1,011	310	670	31	6
Leakesville	1,025	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leland	4,720	18	0	0	3	15	128	48	78	2	0
Long Beach	11,879	6	0	1	3	2	304	52	241	11	0
Louisville	6,561	13	0	2	6	5	63	53	10	0	0
Lucedale	3,152	17	0	0	5	12	84	17	63	4	0
Macon	2,718	22	0	0	2	20	90	17	73	0	0
Madison	18,040	13	0	2	1	10	273	13	253	7	0
Magnolia	2,090	5	0	0	1	4	33	20	12	1	0
McComb	13,726	64	2	1	43	18	793	201	547	45	0
Meridian	38,054	250	3	40	107	100	2,269	1,038	1,104	127	20
Morton	3,432	9	0	0	4	5	31	5	17	9	2
Natchez	16,209	47	2	10	21	14	611	218	370	23	1
New Albany	8,234	6	0	1	2	3	108	24	78	6	1
Ocean Springs	17,140	21	1	1	8	11	639	239	366	34	1
Olive Branch	33,284	90	1	17	29	43	1,046	226	743	77	5
Oxford	17,719	12	0	3	4	5	385	83	286	16	0
Pascagoula	23,346	74	1	6	45	22	1,429	297	1,033	99	4
Pass Christian	3,864	5	0	0	2	3	147	36	105	6	0
Pearl	24,592	70	1	7	7	55	771	275	448	48	1
Petal	10,659	9	2	0	2	5	71	44	24	3	1
Philadelphia	8,046	51	0	5	14	32	329	116	204	9	0
Picayune	11,937	47	0	9	18	20	380	138	228	14	4
Poplarville	3,054	13	0	0	6	7	54	26	27	1	0
Port Gibson	1,650	2	0	0	1	1	9	0	9	0	0
Purvis	2,706	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ridgeland	21,644	35	0	2	15	18	728	57	644	27	0
Ripley	5,664	9	0	1	2	6	95	30	60	5	0
Roxie	556	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shaw	2,116	6	0	0	1	5	106	51	53	2	0
Southaven	46,093	84	1	8	40	35	2,184	338	1,739	107	2
Starkville	24,444	64	0	6	18	40	728	157	558	13	2
Summit	1,627	2	0	0	0	2	46	17	29	0	0
Tupelo	36,453	87	0	25	25	37	1,864	382	1,404	78	0
Vicksburg	24,827	187	3	26	49	109	1,870	480	1,294	96	10
Waveland	5,091	10	0	2	2	6	341	45	285	11	0
West Point	11,203	30	0	4	10	16	269	62	206	1	0
Winona	4,434	9	0	0	3	6	27	10	13	4	0
Yazoo City	11,346	62	1	6	25	30	460	238	191	31	0

¹ The FBI determined that the agency's data were overreported. Consequently, those data are not included in this table.
² Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.

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