Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2017
Greenwood, MS Crime Grade
How Greenwood grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Mississippi — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
9/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2017, the violent crime rate in Greenwood, MS was 593.8 per 100,000 residents (84 incidents over a population of 14,146). That puts Greenwood 49% above the U.S. rate of 397.5 and 104% above the Mississippi statewide rate of 290.6.
That ranks Greenwood #3,413 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #31 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 15% over the last five years.
Greenwood, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 593.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,413 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #31 of 38
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 15%
- Population
- 14,146
- Reporting agency
- Greenwood Police Department
- Data year
- 2017 · FBI UCR
Reported by Greenwood Police Department (FBI ORI MS0420100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Greenwood, MS
Also known as
- Williams Landing
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Greenwood (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Greenwood vs. U.S., 2017 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 699.3(107) | 593.8(84) |
| Murder | 45.7(7) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 78.4(12) | 35.3(5) |
| Robbery | 183.0(28) | 162.6(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 392.1(60) | 395.9(56) |
| Property crime | 5992.7(917) | 5881.5(832) |
| Burglary | 2058.6(315) | 1392.6(197) |
| Larceny | 3790.4(580) | 4340.4(614) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 124.2(19) | 134.3(19) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Greenwood, MS Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Greenwood Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Greenwood calculated?
- Greenwood's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Mississippi state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Mississippi cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Greenwood Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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