Batesville, MS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Batesville, MS Summary

Crime in Batesville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Batesville over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Batesville:

  • There were 371 total crimes committed in Batesville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 5,101.8 total crimes per 100K people in Batesville.
  • The overall crime rate in Batesville is 140.74% above the national average.
  • Batesville ranks #74 safest out of 75 cities in Mississippi.
  • Batesville ranks #9,582 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Batesville Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Batesville is 5,101.8 per 100,000 people. That's 140.74% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 224.23% higher than the Mississippi total crime rate of 1,573.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Batesville
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 371 5,101.8 1,573.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 13.8 7.4 5.0
Robbery 3 41.3 18.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 19 261.3 155.4 256.0
Violent Crime 25 343.8 210.5 359.0
Burglary 32 440.0 235.2 229.0
Larceny 264 3,630.4 982.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 50 687.6 145.3 259.0
Property Crime 346 4,758.0 1,363.0 1,760.0

Batesville Crime Compared To Mississippi Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Mississippi.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Batesville

25
Violent Crimes
343.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-4.24%
Below The National Average
  • There were 25 violent crimes in Batesville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Batesville is 343.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 290.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Batesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 475.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -4.24% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 63.35% higher than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 210.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Batesville

346
Property Crimes
4,758.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
170.34%
Above The National Average
  • There were 346 property crimes in Batesville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Batesville is 4,758.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 21.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Batesville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 170.34% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 249.07% higher than the Mississippi property crime rate of 1,363.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Batesville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Southaven, MS 57,537 1,340 2,328.9 2,024.8 304.2
Olive Branch, MS 47,178 735 1,557.9 1,358.7 199.2
Oxford, MS 27,529 545 1,979.7 1,852.6 127.1
Horn Lake, MS 26,378 398 1,508.8 1,398.9 109.9
Hernando, MS 18,579 105 565.2 473.7 91.5
Helena-West Helena, AR 8,404 426 5,069.0 3,438.8 1,630.2
Senatobia, MS 8,263 152 1,839.5 1,609.6 229.9
Holly Springs, MS 6,760 46 680.5 503.0 177.5

Batesville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
6
Education
8
Commute
9
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