What is the crime rate in Columbus, MS?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 106 violent crimes and 376 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 470 violent and 1,669 property crimes per 100,000 of the 22,535 residents it serves.

Across Mississippi the rates were 220 and 1,315.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
470
Property per 100,000
1,669
Violent crimes
106
Property crimes
376

Crime reported by the Columbus Police Department, 2025 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
20251064703761,66922,535

Columbus against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Columbus4701,669
Lowndes County2701,039
Mississippi2201,315
United States3301,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Columbus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
PlaceDistanceViolent per 100,000Property per 100,000
Columbus—4701,669
Caledonia13 mi180540
West Point16 mi3511,808
Vernon24 mi1101,323
Reform24 mi2081,456
Starkville24 mi581,847
Aliceville30 mi299747
Sulligent31 mi389834

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

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Questions about Columbus

What is the crime rate in Columbus?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 470 violent crimes and 1,669 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Columbus in 2025?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 106 violent crimes and 376 property crimes to the FBI.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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