Starkville, MS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Starkville, MS Summary

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

  • There were 537 total crimes committed in Starkville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,118.8 total crimes per 100K people in Starkville.
  • The overall crime rate in Starkville is -0.02% below the national average.
  • Starkville ranks #49 safest out of 75 cities in Mississippi.
  • Starkville ranks #7,461 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.

Additional research about crime in Mississippi

Starkville Vs Mississippi And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Starkville is 2,118.8 per 100,000 people. That's -0.02% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 34.66% higher than the Mississippi total crime rate of 1,573.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Starkville
/ 100k People
Mississippi
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 537 2,118.8 1,573.5 2,119.2
Murder 3 11.8 7.4 5.0
Robbery 1 3.9 18.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 67.1 155.4 256.0
Violent Crime 21 82.9 210.5 359.0
Burglary 199 785.2 235.2 229.0
Larceny 295 1,164.0 982.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 22 86.8 145.3 259.0
Property Crime 516 2,036.0 1,363.0 1,760.0

Starkville 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 Starkville

21
Violent Crimes
82.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-76.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 21 violent crimes in Starkville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Starkville is 82.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,206.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Starkville each year. That compares to a 1 in 475.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -76.92% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.63% lower than the Mississippi violent crime rate of 210.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Starkville

516
Property Crimes
2,036.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
15.68%
Above The National Average
  • There were 516 property crimes in Starkville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Starkville is 2,036.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 49.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Starkville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 15.68% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 49.37% higher than the Mississippi property crime rate of 1,363.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Starkville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
West Point, MS 9,665 250 2,586.7 2,079.7 507.0
Amory, MS 6,346 199 3,135.8 2,505.5 630.3
Louisville, MS 5,917 188 3,177.3 2,552.0 625.3

Starkville SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
7
Affordability
4
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
9
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