Olive Branch, MS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Olive Branch, MS Summary

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

  • There were 883 total crimes committed in Olive Branch the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,172.1 total crimes per 100K people in Olive Branch.
  • The overall crime rate in Olive Branch is -6.54% below the national average.
  • Olive Branch ranks #43 safest out of 91 cities in Mississippi.
  • Olive Branch ranks #6,898 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Olive Branch Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Olive Branch is 2,172.1 per 100,000 people. That's -6.54% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -9.22% lower than the Mississippi total crime rate of 2,392.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Olive Branch
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 883 2,172.1 2,392.8 2,324.2
Murder 2 4.9 10.6 6.3
Robbery 10 24.6 47.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 105 258.3 194.0 268.2
Violent Crime 128 314.9 291.2 369.8
Burglary 60 147.6 488.3 269.8
Larceny 602 1,480.9 1,408.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 93 228.8 205.0 282.7
Property Crime 755 1,857.3 2,101.6 1,954.4

Olive Branch Crime Compared To Mississippi Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Mississippi.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Olive Branch

128
Violent Crimes
314.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-14.85%
Below The National Average
  • There were 128 violent crimes in Olive Branch in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Olive Branch is 314.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 317.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Olive Branch each year. That compares to a 1 in 343.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -14.85% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 8.15% higher than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 291.2 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Olive Branch

755
Property Crimes
1,857.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-4.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 755 property crimes in Olive Branch in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Olive Branch is 1,857.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Olive Branch each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -4.97% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.63% lower than the Mississippi property crime rate of 2,101.6 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Olive Branch

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Memphis, TN 624,944 59,912 9,586.8 7,165.9 2,420.9
Bartlett, TN 56,928 1,248 2,192.2 1,951.6 240.7
Southaven, MS 56,092 1,960 3,494.3 3,266.1 228.2
Collierville, TN 51,439 687 1,335.6 1,187.8 147.7
Germantown, TN 40,859 694 1,698.5 1,529.7 168.9
Horn Lake, MS 26,729 600 2,244.8 2,095.1 149.7
Hernando, MS 17,622 129 732.0 641.2 90.8
Piperton, TN 2,057 21 1,020.9 972.3 48.6
Byhalia, MS 1,350 42 3,111.1 2,888.9 222.2

Olive Branch SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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