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Carthage, MS Crime and Crime Rate

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The Carthage crime rate is lower than the Mississippi average crime rate and is lower than the national average crime rate.

Crime Index, #23

Carthage, MS	828.65
Mississippi	1,583.52
U.S.	1,669.05

The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.

Carthage, MS Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Assaults	Burglaries	Thefts	Vehicle Thefts	Arson	Crime Index
2012	Carthage, MS	Count	0	0	3	9	17	30	1	0
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	59.6	178.7	337.5	595.6	19.9	0.0	596
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	7.4	27.5	76.5	149.4	940.6	1,725.6	144.8	NA	1,487
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.7	26.9	112.9	242.3	670.2	1,959.3	229.7	NA	1,557
2011	Carthage, MS	Count	1	0	4	3	22	11	10	0
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	19.6	0.0	78.5	58.9	431.9	215.9	196.3	0.0	839
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	8.0	29.0	83.7	149.1	1,037.7	1,822.5	165.4	NA	1,597
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.7	26.8	113.7	241.1	702.2	1,976.9	229.6	NA	1,576
2010	Carthage, MS	Count	0	0	1	3	49	45	5	0
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	20.4	61.2	999.2	917.6	102.0	0.0	872
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	7.0	31.2	93.7	137.8	1,026.0	1,778.4	180.6	NA	1,588
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.8	27.5	119.1	252.3	699.6	2,003.5	238.8	NA	1,610
2009	Carthage, MS	Count	0	1	1	3	59	31	4	0
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	0.0	20.7	20.7	62.0	1,220.0	641.0	82.7	0.0	1,008
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	6.4	31.8	100.4	142.6	987.9	1,782.5	183.0	NA	1,580
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.0	28.7	133.0	262.8	716.3	2,060.9	258.8	NA	1,683

Carthage, MS Hate Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Race	Religion	Sexual Orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	Hate Crime Index
2013	Carthage, MS	Count	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.0	20

Law Enforcement Employees Index

Carthage, MS	3.20
Mississippi	2.88
U.S.	2.83

The law enforcement employees index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the law enforcement employees level in a region. Higher law enforcement employees index value means higher law enforcement employees density.

Carthage, MS Law Enforcement Employees by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Officers	Civilians	Law Enforcement Employees Index
2013	Carthage, MS	Count	18	14	4
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	358.7	279.0	79.7	3.19
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	379.7	239.2	140.6	3.09
	U.S.	Per 100,000	335.9	233.3	102.5	2.85
2012	Carthage, MS	Count	19	15	4
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	377.2	297.8	79.4	3.38
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	362.8	230.8	132.1	2.97
	U.S.	Per 100,000	335.5	235.2	100.3	2.85
2011	Carthage, MS	Count	20	15	5
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	392.6	294.5	98.2	3.44
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	308.6	200.3	108.2	2.54
	U.S.	Per 100,000	341.9	238.3	103.6	2.90
2010	Carthage, MS	Count	19	15	4
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	387.4	305.9	81.6	3.47
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	369.3	220.1	149.2	2.95
	U.S.	Per 100,000	347.8	241.9	105.9	2.95
2009	Carthage, MS	Count	19	15	4
	Carthage, MS	Per 100,000	392.9	310.2	82.7	3.52
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	327.6	202.5	125.1	2.65
	U.S.	Per 100,000	352.9	244.2	108.7	2.99