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Jackson County Crime Statistics Mississippi state

In the year 2007 there were a total of 5,892 crimes in Jackson County, Mississippi. With a population of 131,018, there was 1 crime for every 22.2 people in the county. Out of the 5,892 crimes reported, 5,545 were crimes against property (burglery, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson) and 347 were violent crimes (murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery).

2007 Crime Statistics
Crime	Reported	Crime Rate*
Murder	12	9.16
Rape	46	35.11
Robbery	163	124.41
Assault	126	96.17
Burglary	1,698	1296.01
Larceny	3,193	2437.07
Vehicle	654	499.17
Arson	0	0.0

The 2007 crime rate was 4,497.1 incidents per 100,000 people. A -8.5% change in the total crime rate from 2006 (4,916.2 incidents). There were 264.8 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people resulting in a -4.1% change (from 267.3 incidents). Property crimes changed -11.9% from (4,649.0) the previous year to 4,232.2 per 100,000 people.

Jackson County ranks #43 for violent crimes and #56 for crimes against property in the state. While it ranks #1,726 and #2,682 for violent and property related offenses respectively in the nation.

A snapshot of the most current crime statistics are shown in the chart to the left and historical criminal data is shown in the charts below.

Jackson County Criminal Records
Jackson County Jails

Year	Murder	Murder Rate*	Rape	Rape Rate*	Robbery	Robbery Rate*	Agg. Assault	Agg. Asslt Rate*
2006	7	5.2	54	39.9	154	113.7	147	108.5
2005	12	8.8	73	53.6	117	85.9	148	108.6
2004	13	9.6	68	50.4	114	84.5	145	107.5
2003	4	3.0	89	66.6	158	118.2	179	133.9
2002	13	9.8	66	49.7	178	134.2	270	203.5
2001	14	10.6	68	51.5	180	136.3	419	317.3
2000	14	10.7	71	54.0	164	124.8	239	181.9
1999	5	3.8	55	41.8	189	143.5	1,008	765.4
1998	6	4.6	24	18.5	84	64.8	132	101.9
1997	4	3.1	43	33.4	157	122.0	183	142.2
1996	7	5.5	28	21.9	135	105.5	157	122.7
1995	4	3.1	30	23.6	123	96.8	194	152.7
1994	4	3.2	50	40.5	189	153.1	267	216.2

Year	Burglary	Burglary Rate*	Larceny	Larceny Rate*	Vehicle Theft	Vhcl Theft Rate*	Arson	Arson Rate*
2006	1,947	1437.4	3,375	2491.7	974	719.1	1	0.7
2005	1,721	1262.8	3,147	2309.2	626	459.3	1	0.7
2004	1,854	1374.0	3,477	2576.8	532	394.3	0	0.0
2003	2,032	1519.8	3,346	2502.6	521	389.7	0	0.0
2002	1,805	1360.5	3,940	2969.7	643	484.7	2	1.5
2001	1,951	1477.6	4,407	3337.7	602	455.9	1	0.8
2000	1,772	1348.3	4,389	3339.7	263	200.1	1	0.8
1999	2,113	1604.5	4,919	3735.1	288	218.7	1	0.8
1998	733	565.9	1,872	1445.1	282	217.7	0	0.0
1997	1,235	959.8	2,629	2043.2	326	253.4	3	2.3
1996	942	736.1	2,236	1747.4	225	175.8	4	3.1
1995	1,300	1023.0	3,002	2362.4	263	207.0	3	2.4
1994	1,359	1100.5	3,177	2572.7	351	284.2	4	3.2

*Crime Rate is based on number of reported cases per 100,000 population