Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jackson, MS Crime Grade
How Jackson 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
8/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Jackson, MS was 400.1 per 100,000 residents (555 incidents over a population of 138,701). That puts Jackson Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 80% above the Mississippi statewide rate of 221.8.
That ranks Jackson #3,023 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 20% of them, and #28 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is down 51% year over year and down 53% over the last five years.
Jackson, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 400.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,023 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #28 of 38
- Safer than
- 20% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 51%
- 5-year change
- down 53%
- Population
- 138,701
- Reporting agency
- Jackson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Jackson Police Department (FBI ORI MS0250100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Jackson, MS
Also known as
- Le Fleurs Bluff
Location
Capital of State of Mississippi and one of two county seats.
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. Jackson (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jackson vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 853.2(1,451) | 780.3(1,314) | 754.1(1,252) | 819.4(1,338) | 400.1(555) |
| Murder | 34.1(58) | 35.6(60) | 47.0(78) | 46.5(76) | 18.7(26) |
| Rape | 62.9(107) | 71.9(121) | 60.2(100) | 66.7(109) | 26.0(36) |
| Robbery | 400.4(681) | 321.9(542) | 286.7(476) | 292.7(478) | 75.0(104) |
| Aggravated assault | 355.7(605) | 351.0(591) | 360.2(598) | 413.4(675) | 280.5(389) |
| Property crime | 4691.6(7,979) | 4468.0(7,524) | 4775.8(7,929) | 4588.6(7,493) | 1514.8(2,101) |
| Burglary | 1145.4(1,948) | 1191.2(2,006) | 1248.6(2,073) | 1106.0(1,806) | 357.6(496) |
| Larceny | 2977.6(5,064) | 2788.6(4,696) | 2846.6(4,726) | 2873.9(4,693) | 873.1(1,211) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 512.7(872) | 443.6(747) | 636.1(1,056) | 558.5(912) | 281.9(391) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Jackson, 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 Jackson 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 Jackson calculated?
- Jackson'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 Jackson 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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