Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2014
Indianola, MS Crime Grade
How Indianola 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
10/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2014, the violent crime rate in Indianola, MS was 1238.3 per 100,000 residents (126 incidents over a population of 10,175). That puts Indianola 231% above the U.S. rate of 373.7 and 312% above the Mississippi statewide rate of 300.8.
That ranks Indianola #3,730 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #38 of 38 in Mississippi.
Indianola, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1238.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,730 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #38 of 38
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Population
- 10,175
- Reporting agency
- Indianola Police Department
- Data year
- 2014 · FBI UCR
Reported by Indianola Police Department (FBI ORI MS0670100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Indianola, MS
Also known as
- Belegante
- Indian Bayou
- Eureka
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. Indianola (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Indianola vs. U.S., 2014 — 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 | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1238.3(126) |
| Murder | 9.8(1) |
| Rape | 19.7(2) |
| Robbery | 245.7(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 963.1(98) |
| Property crime | 7213.8(734) |
| Burglary | 2348.9(239) |
| Larceny | 4855.0(494) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9.8(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Indianola, 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 Indianola 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 Indianola calculated?
- Indianola'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 Indianola 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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