What is the crime rate in Hattiesburg, MS?

In 2025, the Hattiesburg Police Department reported 125 violent crimes and 1,740 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 258 violent and 3,590 property crimes per 100,000 of the 48,465 residents it serves.

Across Mississippi the rates were 220 and 1,315.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 258
Property per 100,000: 3,590
Violent crimes: 125
Property crimes: 1,740

Crime reported by the Hattiesburg Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	123	255	2,052	4,247	48,315
2024	107	221	1,679	3,476	48,307
2025	125	258	1,740	3,590	48,465

Violent crimes reported went from 123 in 2023 to 125 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,052 in 2023 to 1,740 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Hattiesburg against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hattiesburg	258	3,590
Forrest County	177	2,366
Mississippi	220	1,315
United States	330	1,552

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 Hattiesburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hattiesburg	—	258	3,590
Petal	5.6 mi	26	497
Purvis	12 mi	51	970
Sumrall	15 mi	131	1,094
Ellisville	21 mi	319	935
Lumberton	22 mi	242	1,877
Collins	28 mi	496	2,029
Laurel	28 mi	757	2,960
Columbia	30 mi	185	2,763

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.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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