Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Ridgeland, MS Crime Grade
How Ridgeland 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Mississippi
7/10
vs. Mississippi cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Ridgeland, MS was 319.6 per 100,000 residents (78 incidents over a population of 24,407). That puts Ridgeland 12% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 46% above the Mississippi statewide rate of 219.4.
That ranks Ridgeland #2,726 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 28% of them, and #26 of 38 in Mississippi. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
Ridgeland, MS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Mississippi Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 319.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,726 of 3,771
- MS rank
- #26 of 38
- Safer than
- 28% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 24,407
- Reporting agency
- Ridgeland Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ridgeland Police Department (FBI ORI MS0450200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ridgeland, MS
Also known as
- Highland Colony
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. Ridgeland (red), Mississippi (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ridgeland vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 303.2(73) | 430.9(103) | 359.9(86) | 362.1(88) | 319.6(78) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.4(2) | 4.2(1) | 4.1(1) | 16.4(4) |
| Rape | 33.2(8) | 25.1(6) | 25.1(6) | 45.3(11) | 36.9(9) |
| Robbery | 49.8(12) | 87.9(21) | 29.3(7) | 20.6(5) | 45.1(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.1(53) | 309.6(74) | 301.3(72) | 292.2(71) | 221.2(54) |
| Property crime | 2192.7(528) | 1673.6(400) | 1937.6(463) | 1716.0(417) | 1384.8(338) |
| Burglary | 145.3(35) | 225.9(54) | 318.0(76) | 288.1(70) | 163.9(40) |
| Larceny | 1889.5(455) | 1334.7(319) | 1464.7(350) | 1234.5(300) | 1069.4(261) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 157.8(38) | 113.0(27) | 154.8(37) | 181.1(44) | 151.6(37) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ridgeland, 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 Ridgeland 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 Ridgeland calculated?
- Ridgeland'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 Ridgeland 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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