What is the crime rate in Meridian, MS?

In 2025, the Meridian Police Department reported 184 violent crimes and 545 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 554 violent and 1,640 property crimes per 100,000 of the 33,226 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
554
Property per 100,000
1,640
Violent crimes
184
Property crimes
545

Crime reported by the Meridian 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
20251845545451,64033,226

Meridian against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Meridian5541,640
Lauderdale County317960
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 Meridian, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
PlaceDistanceViolent per 100,000Property per 100,000
Meridian—5541,640
Quitman24 mi0676
York25 mi176264
Union28 mi100401
Livingston33 mi1291,584
Butler34 mi8852,007

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 Meridian

What is the crime rate in Meridian?

In 2025, the Meridian Police Department reported 554 violent crimes and 1,640 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Meridian in 2025?

In 2025, the Meridian Police Department reported 184 violent crimes and 545 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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