Safest counties for violent crime rate in Mississippi

Top 25 of 82 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Mississippi
Rank	County	Value
1	Itawamba	20.3 per 100k
2	Coahoma	31.2 per 100k
3	Smith	33.9 per 100k
4	Greene	33.9 per 100k
5	Chickasaw	34.4 per 100k
6	Sunflower	36.0 per 100k
7	Rankin	42.2 per 100k
8	Marshall	42.4 per 100k
9	Lauderdale	45.3 per 100k
10	Simpson	60.2 per 100k
11	Copiah	74.5 per 100k
12	Amite	79.3 per 100k
13	Lowndes	87.9 per 100k
14	Jackson	90.6 per 100k
15	Covington	93.0 per 100k
16	Lamar	93.9 per 100k
17	Leflore	96.6 per 100k
18	Hancock	101.1 per 100k
19	Lafayette	109.7 per 100k
20	Pearl River	114.0 per 100k
21	Walthall	114.8 per 100k
22	Panola	116.9 per 100k
23	Adams	120.1 per 100k
24	Attala	123.8 per 100k
25	Kemper	127.5 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Mississippi counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Mississippi (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Mississippi

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