Oxford, MS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oxford, MS Summary

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

  • There were 545 total crimes committed in Oxford in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,979.7 total crimes per 100K people in Oxford.
  • The overall crime rate in Oxford is -6.58% below the national average.
  • Oxford ranks #47 safest out of 75 cities in Mississippi.
  • Oxford ranks #7,170 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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Oxford Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oxford is 1,979.7 per 100,000 people. That's -6.58% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 25.82% higher than the Mississippi total crime rate of 1,573.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oxford
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 545 1,979.7 1,573.5 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.6 7.4 5.0
Robbery 2 7.3 18.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 79.9 155.4 256.0
Violent Crime 35 127.1 210.5 359.0
Burglary 37 134.4 235.2 229.0
Larceny 458 1,663.7 982.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 15 54.5 145.3 259.0
Property Crime 510 1,852.6 1,363.0 1,760.0

Oxford 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 Oxford

35
Violent Crimes
127.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.59%
Below The National Average
  • There were 35 violent crimes in Oxford in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oxford is 127.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 786.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oxford each year. That compares to a 1 in 475.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.59% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -39.59% lower than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 210.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oxford

510
Property Crimes
1,852.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
5.26%
Above The National Average
  • There were 510 property crimes in Oxford in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oxford is 1,852.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 54.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oxford each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 5.26% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 35.92% higher than the Mississippi property crime rate of 1,363.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oxford

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
Collierville, TN 51,312 728 1,418.8 1,268.7 150.1
Olive Branch, MS 47,178 735 1,557.9 1,358.7 199.2
Tupelo, MS 37,593 1,567 4,168.3 3,777.3 391.0
Hernando, MS 18,579 105 565.2 473.7 91.5
Senatobia, MS 8,263 152 1,839.5 1,609.6 229.9
New Albany, MS 7,733 94 1,215.6 1,138.0 77.6
Batesville, MS 7,272 371 5,101.8 4,758.0 343.8
Pontotoc, MS 5,966 127 2,128.7 1,877.3 251.4
Water Valley, MS 3,384 116 3,427.9 2,896.0 531.9

Oxford SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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