What is the crime rate in Picayune, MS?

In 2025, the Picayune Police Department reported 38 violent crimes and 220 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 315 violent and 1,825 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,053 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: 315
Property per 100,000: 1,825
Violent crimes: 38
Property crimes: 220

Crime reported by the Picayune 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	45	381	343	2,905	11,806
2024	22	185	321	2,707	11,860
2025	38	315	220	1,825	12,053

Violent crimes reported went from 45 in 2023 to 38 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 343 in 2023 to 220 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.

Picayune against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Picayune	315	1,825
Pearl River County	120	663
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 Picayune, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Picayune	—	315	1,825
Pearl River	12 mi	297	1,190
Slidell	18 mi	275	2,370
Bogalusa	20 mi	912	3,144
Poplarville	23 mi	69	2,227
Waveland	23 mi	43	1,970
Bay St. Louis	23 mi	111	1,913
Covington	26 mi	435	964
Mandeville	28 mi	138	1,537

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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