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Table 8

MISSISSIPPI

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by City, 2012

City Population Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Forcible
rape		 Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson
Aberdeen 5,571 19 0 0 10 9 187 54 128 5 0
Ackerman 1,490 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 2 0
Amory 7,261 8 0 1 1 6 293 86 203 4 0
Bay St. Louis 9,428 26 4 4 11 7 384 77 290 17 3
Belzoni 2,225 3 0 0 0 3 11 0 11 0 0
Biloxi 45,037 188 1 30 85 72 2,267 732 1,420 115 7
Brandon 22,079 6 0 3 2 1 235 111 110 14 3
Brookhaven 12,547 14 1 0 7 6 227 58 165 4 1
Byhalia 1,289 3 0 0 2 1 50 11 35 4 0
Byram 11,653 7 0 0 4 3 268 52 188 28 0
Carthage 5,037 12 0 0 3 9 48 17 30 1 0
Charleston 2,184 11 0 0 10 1 70 27 43 0 0
Cleveland 12,228 51 0 4 28 19 848 127 698 23 0
Clinton 25,573 30 0 8 12 10 650 169 432 49 0
Columbia 6,534 24 0 4 7 13 222 76 146 0 0
Columbus 23,650 100 1 4 16 79 1,145 336 773 36 3
Como 1,278 8 0 1 2 5 31 10 20 1 0
Crystal Springs 5,022 16 1 0 1 14 122 50 66 6 2
D'Iberville 9,711 26 0 3 12 11 666 88 560 18 0
Eupora 2,217 6 0 0 1 5 35 13 21 1 0
Florence 4,214 4 0 1 0 3 48 28 20 0 0
Flowood 7,956 41 0 6 4 31 474 93 375 6 0
Fulton 3,962 3 0 0 2 1 85 7 78 0 0
Gautier 18,643 61 2 5 16 38 640 199 399 42 2
Greenwood 15,010 109 1 23 36 49 871 286 577 8 0
Hattiesburg 46,726 118 5 13 66 34 2,668 375 2,183 110 3
Heidelberg 708 1 0 0 0 1 11 3 6 2 0
Holly Springs 7,654 94 1 2 21 70 293 98 185 10 0
Horn Lake 26,576 24 1 2 14 7 686 155 505 26 4
Indianola 10,641 99 2 5 26 66 808 266 538 4 0
Itta Bena 2,022 11 1 1 4 5 237 159 77 1 1
Iuka 3,037 12 0 4 1 7 104 43 55 6 0
Jackson 175,939 1,668 63 135 799 671 11,568 4,124 6,308 1,136 63
Kosciusko 7,381 18 1 0 4 13 137 57 80 0 0
Laurel 18,665 61 0 3 28 30 959 325 608 26 3
Leakesville 894 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leland 4,427 14 0 0 3 11 158 86 72 0 0
Lexington 1,699 12 1 0 0 11 22 15 5 2 0
Long Beach 15,143 5 0 1 1 3 325 69 246 10 3
Louisville 6,599 14 0 1 4 9 84 29 53 2 1
Lucedale 2,962 4 0 0 1 3 69 9 58 2 0
Madison 24,648 14 0 0 3 11 212 8 202 2 0
McComb 12,818 71 0 3 23 45 727 173 525 29 0
Meridian 41,347 234 10 33 124 67 2,139 734 1,226 179 8
Moss Point 13,756 104 0 12 29 63 736 314 368 54 2
Natchez 15,706 58 3 11 26 18 845 185 651 9 11
Newton 3,346 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0
Ocean Springs 17,510 34 2 2 5 25 549 106 419 24 1
Olive Branch 34,141 70 1 12 17 40 999 402 562 35 1
Oxford 19,435 8 0 1 3 4 210 50 147 13 0
Pascagoula 22,477 86 0 31 33 22 1,339 268 991 80 11
Pass Christian 4,722 9 1 3 1 4 168 51 108 9 1
Pearl 25,530 33 0 10 2 21 629 172 446 11 0
Petal 10,610 2 0 0 1 1 73 32 38 3 0
Philadelphia 7,529 52 0 4 11 37 319 144 164 11 0
Picayune 10,877 29 0 3 9 17 410 97 294 19 4
Poplarville 2,896 0 0 0 0 0 100 44 52 4 0
Ridgeland 24,541 38 2 0 10 26 699 65 612 22 1
Ripley 5,386 3 0 0 1 2 98 52 41 5 0
Saltillo 4,834 3 0 0 0 3 96 34 59 3 0
Southaven 49,938 146 0 24 22 100 1,325 189 1,078 58 2
Summit 1,708 3 0 0 3 0 48 29 19 0 0
Vaiden 722 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vicksburg 23,700 174 2 21 29 122 1,381 293 1,037 51 5
West Point 11,245 63 3 8 8 44 375 119 253 3 0
Wiggins 4,407 14 0 3 0 11 120 45 74 1 0
Winona 5,030 10 0 0 0 10 34 8 24 2 0
Yazoo City 11,347 78 1 7 16 54 514 252 239 23 0

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