What is the crime rate in Laurel, MS?

In 2025, the Laurel Police Department reported 132 violent crimes and 516 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 757 violent and 2,960 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,431 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: 757
Property per 100,000: 2,960
Violent crimes: 132
Property crimes: 516

Crime reported by the Laurel 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	173	1,016	843	4,952	17,025
2024	178	1,052	655	3,871	16,922
2025	132	757	516	2,960	17,431

Violent crimes reported went from 173 in 2023 to 132 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 843 in 2023 to 516 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.

Laurel against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Laurel	757	2,960
Jones County	296	1,809
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 Laurel, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Laurel	—	757	2,960
Ellisville	7.4 mi	319	935
Bay Springs	21 mi	207	760
Petal	24 mi	26	497
Collins	25 mi	496	2,029
Hattiesburg	28 mi	258	3,590
Sumrall	30 mi	131	1,094
Waynesboro	30 mi	1,017	1,681

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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