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

Crime Index, #28

Mississippi	1,637.63
U.S.	1,776.27

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.

Mississippi Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Assaults	Burglaries	Thefts	Vehicle Thefts	Arson	Crime Index
2010	Mississippi	Count	208	927	2,779	4,089	30,444	52,770	5,360	NA
	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	Mississippi	Count	190	939	2,965	4,210	29,162	52,618	5,401	NA
	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
2008	Mississippi	Count	237	890	3,016	4,230	26,024	54,032	6,352	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	8.1	30.3	102.6	143.9	885.6	1,838.7	216.2	NA	1,581
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.4	29.3	145.3	274.6	730.8	2,167.0	314.7	NA	1,784
2007	Mississippi	Count	208	1,040	2,866	4,388	27,959	58,084	7,381	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	7.1	35.6	98.2	150.3	957.9	1,990.0	252.9	NA	1,686
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.6	30.0	147.6	283.8	722.5	2,177.8	363.3	NA	1,827
2006	Mississippi	Count	223	1,000	3,118	4,350	27,239	57,807	8,347	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	7.7	34.4	107.1	149.5	935.9	1,986.1	286.8	NA	1,705
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.7	30.9	149.4	287.5	729.4	2,206.8	398.4	NA	1,867
2005	Mississippi	Count	214	1,147	2,405	4,365	26,866	60,873	7,492	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	7.3	39.3	82.3	149.4	919.7	2,083.9	256.5	NA	1,688
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.6	31.7	140.7	291.1	726.7	2,286.3	416.7	NA	1,888

Hate Crime Index

Mississippi	6.33
U.S.	26.40

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

Mississippi Hate Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Race	Religion	Sexual Orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	Hate Crime Index
2010	Mississippi	Count	11	2	0	0	9	0
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	13
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.3	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	23
2009	Mississippi	Count	2	1	0	0	1	0
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	23
2008	Mississippi	Count	4	4	0	0	0	0
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.9	1.5	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.0	28
2007	Mississippi	Count	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.9	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.0	29
2006	Mississippi	Count	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	U.S.	Per 100,000	3.0	1.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.0	30

Law Enforcement Employees Index

Mississippi	2.66
U.S.	2.81

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.

Mississippi Law Enforcement Employees by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Officers	Civilians	Law Enforcement Employees Index
2010	Mississippi	Count	10,325	6,154	4,171
	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	Mississippi	Count	8,764	5,417	3,347
	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
2008	Mississippi	Count	8,243	5,077	3,166
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	331.1	203.9	127.2	2.68
	U.S.	Per 100,000	357.8	247.5	110.3	3.03
2007	Mississippi	Count	8,651	5,222	3,429
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	364.2	219.8	144.3	2.92
	U.S.	Per 100,000	356.1	244.8	111.3	3.00
2006	Mississippi	Count	9,200	5,624	3,576
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	367.0	224.3	142.6	2.96
	U.S.	Per 100,000	348.5	241.3	107.2	2.95
2005	Mississippi	Count	8,502	5,136	3,366
	Mississippi	Per 100,000	348.3	210.4	137.9	2.79
	U.S.	Per 100,000	347.1	241.1	106.0	2.94