Table 8
MISSISSIPPI
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2016
[The data shown in this table do not reflect county totals but are the number of offenses reported by the sheriff's office or county police department.]
| Metropolitan/ Nonmetropolitan | County |
Violent crime |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
Rape (revised definition)1 |
Rape (legacy definition)2 |
Robbery |
Aggravated assault |
Property crime |
Burglary |
Larceny- theft |
Motor vehicle theft |
Arson3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Counties | DeSoto | 36 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 454 | 200 | 238 | 16 | 0 | |
| Hancock | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 590 | 129 | 396 | 65 | 2 | ||
| Harrison | 59 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 1,016 | 216 | 671 | 129 | 9 | ||
| Hinds4 | 89 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 68 | 406 | 158 | 181 | 67 | |||
| Jackson | 114 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 57 | 1,426 | 381 | 874 | 171 | 7 | ||
| Lamar | 96 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 692 | 270 | 415 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Madison | 24 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 277 | 95 | 152 | 30 | 4 | ||
| Marshall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 3 | 145 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Rankin | 36 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 622 | 147 | 432 | 43 | 4 | ||
| Tunica | 34 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 417 | 93 | 292 | 32 | |||
| Nonmetropolitan Counties | Choctaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 42 | 1 | 1 | |
| Claiborne | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 73 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Grenada | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 136 | 54 | 80 | 2 | |||
| Jones | 142 | 1 | 50 | 9 | 82 | 768 | 363 | 405 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kemper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lauderdale | 53 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 604 | 300 | 264 | 40 | 7 | ||
| Lincoln | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 280 | 112 | 150 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Marion | 41 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 296 | 141 | 128 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Oktibbeha | 40 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 385 | 210 | 163 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Panola | 102 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 790 | 389 | 386 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Scott | 34 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 188 | 95 | 72 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Stone | 34 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 168 | 60 | 92 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Sunflower | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 263 | 51 | 182 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Washington | 20 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 323 | 88 | 223 | 12 | 0 |
- 1 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
- 3 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.
- 4 Because of changes in the state/local agency's reporting practices, figures are not comparable to previous years' data.
Data Declaration
Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.
