What is the crime rate in Water Valley, MS?

In 2025, the Water Valley Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 106 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 438 violent and 3,099 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,421 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: 438
Property per 100,000: 3,099
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 106

Crime reported by the Water Valley 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	12	358	94	2,802	3,355
2024	18	532	99	2,926	3,384
2025	15	438	106	3,099	3,421

Violent crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 94 in 2023 to 106 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.

Water Valley against Mississippi and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Water Valley	438	3,099
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 Water Valley, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Water Valley	—	438	3,099
Oxford	14 mi	140	1,279
Batesville	20 mi	301	3,361
Bruce	20 mi	250	936
Grenada	28 mi	350	2,248
Vardaman	32 mi	95	189

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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