Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Petal, MS Crime Grade
How Petal 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
1/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Petal, MS was 25.7 per 100,000 residents (3 incidents over a population of 11,659). That puts Petal 92% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 88% below the Mississippi statewide rate of 221.8.
That ranks Petal #196 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 95% of them, and #2 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is down 80% year over year and down 82% over the last five years.
Petal, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 25.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #196 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #2 of 38
- Safer than
- 95% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 80%
- 5-year change
- down 82%
- Population
- 11,659
- Reporting agency
- Petal Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Petal Police Department (FBI ORI MS0180200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Petal (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Petal 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 | 140.0(15) | 69.1(8) | 52.9(6) | 130.4(15) | 25.7(3) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 18.7(2) | 25.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 52.2(6) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 121.3(13) | 43.2(5) | 52.9(6) | 69.5(8) | 25.7(3) |
| Property crime | 513.2(55) | 466.3(54) | 379.3(43) | 391.1(45) | 497.5(58) |
| Burglary | 279.9(30) | 207.3(24) | 194.0(22) | 147.8(17) | 283.0(33) |
| Larceny | 196.0(21) | 207.3(24) | 167.6(19) | 208.6(24) | 154.4(18) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 37.3(4) | 51.8(6) | 17.6(2) | 34.8(4) | 34.3(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Petal, 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 Petal 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 Petal calculated?
- Petal'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 Petal 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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