Table 8

MISSISSIPPI
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Aberdeen	6,313	14	0	2	4	8	144	40	99	5	1
Amory²	6,872	19	1	4	4	10	495	97	387	11	2
Batesville	7,722	12	0	1	3	8	386	98	267	21	0
Bay St. Louis	8,345	11	0	1	4	6	434	67	342	25	1
Belzoni	2,591	16	0	2	6	8	147	51	96	0	0
Booneville	8,759	13	1	5	0	7	338	102	234	2	2
Brandon	18,747	6	0	1	4	1	263	78	171	14	1
Brookhaven	9,916	20	0	2	5	13	288	30	246	12	2
Bruce	2,081	0	0	0	0	0	14	2	12	0	0
Byhalia	720	5	0	0	0	5	72	14	51	7	0
Canton	12,906	122	4	11	25	82	385	181	194	10	0
Charleston	2,090	30	0	1	0	29	142	44	91	7	0
Cleveland	12,978	46	3	0	6	37	1,044	243	795	6	1
Collins	2,770	5	0	2	3	0	167	44	113	10	0
Columbus	24,946	79	1	4	33	41	1,295	195	1,045	55	1
Edwards	1,328	2	0	0	1	1	8	5	3	0	0
Eupora	2,271	7	0	0	1	6	31	27	1	3	0
Fulton	4,114	3	0	0	1	2	88	24	59	5	0
Gloster	1,069	1	0	0	1	0	15	13	0	2	0
Greenville	39,222	245	6	45	90	104	2,859	925	1,793	141	91
Greenwood	17,548	116	2	5	59	50	1,103	353	699	51	5
Grenada	14,582	80	1	4	24	51	826	246	513	67	4
Gulfport	72,300	227	6	34	110	77	4,597	1,164	3,108	325	29
Hattiesburg	46,732	175	5	21	75	74	2,818	747	1,889	182	13
Heidelberg	808	7	0	0	2	5	10	8	2	0	0
Hollandale	3,222	5	0	0	3	2	70	41	26	3	0
Holly Springs²	8,059	55	0	7	12	36	329	82	222	25	4
Horn Lake²	21,900	32	1	1	19	11	1,321	139	1,073	109	1
Houston	4,034	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indianola	11,520	71	2	6	20	43	825	315	490	20	7
Iuka	2,988	12	0	3	2	7	57	30	24	3	0
Jackson	180,417	1,225	38	158	612	417	12,008	3,139	6,960	1,909	59
Kosciusko	7,405	22	0	2	13	7	174	73	100	1	0
Laurel	18,300	108	1	21	52	34	1,724	218	1,436	70	6
Leakesville	1,024	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leland	5,216	13	0	1	4	8	189	71	112	6	1
Lexington	1,960	6	1	0	2	3	23	14	8	1	0
Long Beach	17,366	12	0	0	6	6	375	40	323	12	1
Louisville	6,816	8	0	0	4	4	85	51	34	0	0
Lucedale	2,840	11	0	0	2	9	96	26	62	8	0
Madison	16,565	10	0	2	0	8	186	9	175	2	0
Magee	4,245	11	1	1	4	5	173	20	139	14	0
McComb	13,295	81	2	6	25	48	791	168	566	57	0
Meridian	39,075	198	6	29	79	84	2,030	744	1,181	105	15
Morton	3,458	13	0	3	3	7	48	33	13	2	0
Moss Point	15,414	84	5	12	38	29	1,164	465	577	122	7
Natchez	17,380	34	0	3	16	15	1,116	153	943	20	7
Newton	3,699	9	0	1	0	8	80	40	36	4	0
Ocean Springs	17,808	26	0	6	9	11	679	165	478	36	3
Olive Branch	26,682	61	1	13	20	27	1,219	315	808	96	4
Oxford	13,384	37	2	6	5	24	390	75	279	36	0
Pascagoula	26,035	139	3	38	54	44	2,019	703	1,133	183	3
Pearl	23,183	90	1	23	15	51	805	258	475	72	1
Pelahatchie	1,498	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	0
Petal	7,809	6	0	1	2	3	156	40	109	7	1
Picayune	10,817	37	1	4	10	22	600	95	482	23	2
Poplarville	2,683	9	0	0	4	5	96	18	74	4	0
Port Gibson	1,781	1	0	0	1	0	19	3	15	1	0
Richland	7,037	19	1	7	4	7	251	56	181	14	0
Ridgeland	21,712	33	1	0	12	20	743	74	636	33	0
Ripley	5,571	5	0	0	1	4	67	25	38	4	0
Roxie	568	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senatobia	6,793	13	0	0	10	3	386	115	256	15	0
Southaven	36,470	64	3	10	29	22	1,699	196	1,319	184	2
Starkville	22,101	73	1	7	17	48	755	150	582	23	1
Summit	1,428	0	0	0	0	0	67	15	49	3	0
Tupelo	35,639	126	1	33	38	54	1,809	342	1,338	129	1
Vaiden	846	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Verona	3,392	5	0	1	3	1	170	109	58	3	0
Vicksburg	25,937	261	6	53	39	163	1,937	376	1,439	122	19
West Point	11,883	43	1	4	11	27	428	148	280	0	0
Wiggins	4,330	26	2	10	2	12	348	79	268	1	0
Winona	4,982	14	0	1	2	11	45	8	35	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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