This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(October 2023)
In 2016 there were 91,115 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Mississippi, including 238 murders.[1] In 2017–2018 the violent crime rate dropped 8%.[2]
Cities
The city listed in Mississippi as the safest is Madison. As of 2018 there were only 18 violent crimes.[3] As of 2020, the most violent city in Mississippi is Jackson, Mississippi.[4][5]
One of the two death sentences of Willie Jerome Manning (for two unrelated double murders) attracted national attention in May 2013 when the FBI rescinded an evidence report days before Manning's scheduled execution.
