The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Mississippi State, Mississippi | Crime Index |
| Longview, MS | |
| Sturgis, MS | 21.1 |
| Mississippi State, MS | 23.2 |
| Starkville, MS | 30.6 |
| Maben, MS | 40.7 |