Clinton, MS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Clinton, MS Summary

Crime in Clinton research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Clinton 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 Clinton:

  • There were 335 total crimes committed in Clinton in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,274.5 total crimes per 100K people in Clinton.
  • The overall crime rate in Clinton is -39.86% below the national average.
  • Clinton ranks #29 safest out of 75 cities in Mississippi.
  • Clinton ranks #5,392 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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Clinton Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Clinton is 1,274.5 per 100,000 people. That's -39.86% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -19.00% lower than the Mississippi total crime rate of 1,573.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Clinton
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 335 1,274.5 1,573.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.4 5.0
Robbery 3 11.4 18.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 8 30.4 155.4 256.0
Violent Crime 18 68.5 210.5 359.0
Burglary 14 53.3 235.2 229.0
Larceny 261 993.0 982.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 42 159.8 145.3 259.0
Property Crime 317 1,206.0 1,363.0 1,760.0

Clinton 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 Clinton

18
Violent Crimes
68.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-80.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 18 violent crimes in Clinton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Clinton is 68.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,460.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Clinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 475.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -80.92% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.46% lower than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 210.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Clinton

317
Property Crimes
1,206.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 317 property crimes in Clinton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Clinton is 1,206.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Clinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.48% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.52% lower than the Mississippi property crime rate of 1,363.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Clinton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Jackson, MS 163,297 6,555 4,014.2 4,014.2 0.0
Madison, MS 28,064 125 445.4 388.4 57.0
Ridgeland, MS 24,407 415 1,700.3 1,380.8 319.6
Byram, MS 12,526 132 1,053.8 958.0 95.8
Flowood, MS 10,679 226 2,116.3 2,078.8 37.5
Richland, MS 7,486 81 1,082.0 1,028.6 53.4

Clinton SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
8
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