Amos Deason House · Photo: Librarylady2726 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Ellisville is close to typical for U.S. towns
Overall, Ellisville grades B− for safety (#13 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Behind the grade sit 1.8 violent crimes and 13.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 2.7 and 21.6 in the rest of Mississippi.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MS” is every other Mississippi city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Ellisville
Ellisville reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Mississippi towns on Ellisville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Laurel (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Mississippi towns, closer to the middle
Mississippi’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Ellisville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 71% of the 45 Mississippi towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Ellisville is home to Jones County Junior College, with 3,396 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 18% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Ellisville has 2,928 jobs based in town for 4,473 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Ellisville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Ellisville | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Ellisville’s police reported 24 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.7 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Ellisville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Ellisville property | Rest of Mississippi property | Ellisville violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.5 | 25.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 16.6 | 24.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 14.2 | 22.1 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 8.9 | 19.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
53 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
14 violent and 39 property, as reported to the FBI by Ellisville’s police.
One person died in crashes on Ellisville’s roads in 2019–2023
Ellisville had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Mississippi towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (14.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Ellisville’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ellisville’s own rate (4.4) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Ellisville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | B− | 1.8 | 13.3 |
| Laurel | D− | 9.4 | 38.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Mississippi towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | B− | 1.8 | 13.3 |
| Fulton | B− | 1.2 | 15.9 |
| Pontotoc | C | 2.6 | 20.6 |
| Forest | C− | 5.4 | 12.3 |
| Wiggins | C− | 2.6 | 27.1 |
| Water Valley | D | 4.4 | 29.2 |
The five graded Mississippi towns closest to Ellisville’s population (4,473), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Ellisville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Ellisville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,385 in 2025); our figure for Ellisville is 4,473 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Ellisville
Is Ellisville, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ellisville reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #13 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 1.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.7 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Ellisville?
1.8 violent and 13.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.7 and 21.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Ellisville safer than Laurel?
Laurel reports more crime per resident than Ellisville: Laurel grades D− for safety and Ellisville B−. Laurel’s police reported 9.4 violent and 38.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ellisville?
Ellisville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ellisville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.