Mississippi

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In 2022, 245 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Mississippi. This is 6 percent lower than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Mississippi in 2022 was 36 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 67 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Mississippi were not solved. This is nearly the same as the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Jackson
  • Population:  2,988,726
  • Area:  48,430 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  39th
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Featured Mississippi Missing Cases

Troy Walton

Missing: Jul 01, 2016
Troy Wayne Walton, a 48-year-old man from Southaven, Mississippi, was last seen on July 1, 2016. His ...Read More

Kayla Rodgers

Missing: Jun 11, 2020
Kayla Rodgers, a 16-year-old girl from Jackson, Mississippi, has been missing since June 11, 2020. V ...Read More

Mercin Lucas Martinez

Missing: Oct 22, 2016
Mercin Lucas-Martinez, a 14-year-old girl, was last seen on October 22, 2016, in Canton, Mississippi ...Read More

David Mize

Missing: Apr 18, 1989
David Wayne Mize, a 28-year-old man, was last seen on April 18, 1989, at his parents' home in Olive ...Read More

Michael Stricklin

Missing: Jan 29, 1992
Michael Kenneth "Kenny" Stricklin, 30, was last seen around midnight on January 29, 1992, in Yazoo C ...Read More

Angela Freeman

Missing: Sep 10, 1993
Angela Freeman, a 17-year-old from Petal, Mississippi, went missing on September 10, 1993. She was l ...Read More

Ashley Hankins

Missing: Mar 29, 1995
Ashley Hankins, 30 years old at the time of his disappearance, was last seen on March 29, 1995, in C ...Read More

Kimberlee Turner

Missing: Sep 29, 1993
Kimberlee Sue Turner, age 27, was last seen on September 29, 1993, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Th ...Read More

Damarkus Matthews

Missing: Oct 27, 2016
Damarkus Matthews, a 16-year-old boy from Southaven, Mississippi, was last seen on October 27, 2016. ...Read More

John Heflin

Missing: Nov 21, 1968
John Lloyd "Buddy" Heflin, aged 24, was last seen on November 21, 1968, in Starkville, Mississippi. ...Read More
Featured Mississippi Murder Cases

Kenneth Baxter

Murdered: Jul 06, 2007
On the evening of July 6, 2007, Kenneth Baxter was hit by a car on Airways Boulevard in Southaven, M ...Read More

Alisha Heinrich

Murdered: Dec 05, 1982
Alisha Ann Heinrich, previously known only as "Delta Dawn" or "Baby Jane," was a 1-year-old girl who ...Read More

Emmett Till

Murdered: Aug 28, 1955
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally murdered on August 28, 19 ...Read More

Lorie Ann Mealer Pennell

Murdered: Jan 24, 1985
On January 24, 1985, the body of Lorie Ann Mealer Pennell was discovered along Highway 78 in Olive B ...Read More

Jair Valencia

Murdered: Mar 31, 2007
The case of Jair Valencia, a 7-month-old baby from Southaven, Mississippi, remains an unsolved myste ...Read More

Bruce Lewis

Murdered: Mar 24, 2005
On March 24, 2005, Bruce Lewis, an infant, was tragically murdered in his home in Southaven, Mississ ...Read More

Louis Allen

Murdered: Jan 31, 1964
Louis Allen, a 44-year-old Black civil rights activist, was murdered on January 31, 1964, in Liberty ...Read More

Bridget Hall

Murdered: Jul 06, 2015
On July 6, 2015, 43-year-old Bridget London Hall was murdered in her home in Brookhaven, Mississippi ...Read More