Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Meridian, MS Crime Grade
How Meridian 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
10/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Meridian, MS was 535.7 per 100,000 residents (178 incidents over a population of 33,226). That puts Meridian Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 142% above the Mississippi statewide rate of 221.8.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Meridian (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Meridian 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 | 594.5(234) | 500.3(194) | 413.3(155) | 490.8(181) | 535.7(178) |
| Murder | 20.3(8) | 23.2(9) | 10.7(4) | 38.0(14) | 39.1(13) |
| Rape | 61.0(24) | 46.4(18) | 42.7(16) | 43.4(16) | 66.2(22) |
| Robbery | 325.2(128) | 229.5(89) | 136.0(51) | 195.2(72) | 57.2(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 188.0(74) | 201.1(78) | 224.0(84) | 214.2(79) | 373.2(124) |
| Property crime | 4618.4(1,818) | 3899.1(1,512) | 3957.3(1,484) | 4029.5(1,486) | 1637.3(544) |
| Burglary | 1760.5(693) | 1121.8(435) | 1066.7(400) | 1195.8(441) | 758.4(252) |
| Larceny | 2502.3(985) | 2514.3(975) | 2568.0(963) | 2451.3(904) | 541.7(180) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 343.0(135) | 237.2(92) | 304.0(114) | 352.5(130) | 337.1(112) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Meridian's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Mississippi cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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