Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Oxford, MS Crime Grade
How Oxford 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
4/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Oxford, MS was 140.0 per 100,000 residents (38 incidents over a population of 27,137). That puts Oxford Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 37% below the Mississippi statewide rate of 221.8.
That ranks Oxford #1,533 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 59% of them, and #15 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is up 7% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Oxford, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 140.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,533 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #15 of 38
- Safer than
- 59% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 7%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 27,137
- Reporting agency
- Oxford Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oxford Police Department (FBI ORI MS0360100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Oxford, MS
History
Named from the university city in England because it is the location of the University of Mississippi..
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. Oxford (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oxford 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 136.2(40) | 129.7(35) | 144.9(39) | 130.8(36) | 140.0(38) |
| Murder | 6.8(2) | 7.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 57.9(17) | 44.5(12) | 55.7(15) | 40.0(11) | 59.0(16) |
| Robbery | 10.2(3) | 18.5(5) | 26.0(7) | 7.3(2) | 11.1(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 61.3(18) | 59.3(16) | 63.2(17) | 79.9(22) | 70.0(19) |
| Property crime | 1712.8(503) | 1634.8(441) | 1775.8(478) | 1856.2(511) | 1278.7(347) |
| Burglary | 228.1(67) | 192.8(52) | 137.5(37) | 134.4(37) | 106.9(29) |
| Larceny | 1440.4(423) | 1397.6(377) | 1590.0(428) | 1663.7(458) | 1135.0(308) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 44.3(13) | 44.5(12) | 44.6(12) | 54.5(15) | 29.5(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oxford, 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 Oxford 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 Oxford calculated?
- Oxford'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 Oxford 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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