Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY-SA 3.0Horn Lake has less violent crime per resident than seven in ten U.S. towns
Horn Lake grades B− for safety overall (#12 of 45 graded towns in Mississippi): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent crime ran at 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 16.1, against 2.8 and 21.8 in the rest of Mississippi. The graded rate fell 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Horn Lake
Horn Lake reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Mississippi towns on Horn Lake’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Southaven (C−). Lynchburg is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Mississippi towns, closer to the middle
Mississippi’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Horn Lake’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 73% of the 45 Mississippi towns we grade, against 47% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Horn Lake’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Horn Lake’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.1) 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 | Horn Lake | Rest of Mississippi | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Horn Lake’s police reported 72 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Horn Lake property | Rest of Mississippi property | Horn Lake violent | Rest of Mississippi violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.0 | 25.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 19.9 | 24.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 14.0 | 22.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 2025 | 14.4 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 3.1 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Mississippi.
Crime in Horn Lake 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
404 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.
21 violent and 383 property, as reported to the FBI by Horn Lake’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Horn Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Horn Lake had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than is typical for Mississippi towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (11.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Horn Lake’s size would see about 15 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Horn Lake’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Horn Lake and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lynchburg is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Mississippi towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horn Lake | B− | 0.9 | 16.1 |
| Madison | A | 0.4 | 4.6 |
| Brandon | A | 0.7 | 3.4 |
| Clinton | B | 0.9 | 11.2 |
| Oxford | C+ | 1.4 | 16.3 |
| Starkville | C+ | 0.7 | 20.9 |
The five graded Mississippi towns closest to Horn Lake’s population (26,741), 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 Horn Lake. 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 Horn Lake’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (26,533 in 2025); our figure for Horn Lake is 26,741 (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 Horn Lake
Is Horn Lake, MS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Horn Lake reports more crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #12 of 45 in Mississippi. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the rest of Mississippi and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Horn Lake?
0.9 violent and 16.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Mississippi reports 2.8 and 21.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Horn Lake in 2025?
Horn Lake’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 11.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Horn Lake safer than Southaven?
Southaven reports more crime per resident than Horn Lake: Southaven grades C− for safety and Horn Lake B−. Southaven’s police reported 2.6 violent and 23.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Horn Lake?
Horn Lake’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Horn Lake”. 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.